Texas Hemp Business Council
@TexasHempBiz
Mission: advance #TexasHemp industry by engaging policymakers through advocacy & education, protecting businesses while prioritizing smart consumer regulation
🚨The public Senate hearing on hemp regulation is officially set during the special session. This is a critical moment. We protected hemp once. Let’s do it again. 🗓 When: Tuesday, July 22nd @ 9AM (arrive by 8AM to register) 📍 Where: Texas Capitol, Senate Chamber, 2E.8 ✍️…
If you’re watching the live Texas Senate hearing on SB 5 (the new hemp ban), we’re resharing this key interview from March—when this fight first began. Now, we're starting the process all over again in the #txlege special session. What will really happen with a total THC ban,…
Retired Police Lt. Diane Golstein writes in the @statesman that the sweeping ban of hemp-derived products in Senate BIll 3 is the wrong approach because it would send consumers to dangerous black markets and strain law enforcement. bit.ly/4hteBPf #txlege #texashemp
Today at the Texas Capitol - Nicole D’Ortona with THBC delivered powerful testimony before the Senate State Affairs Committee in opposition to SB 5. #StopSB5 #txlege #TexasHemp #TXHempPolicy
The Texas Senate is now hearing their bill to ban hemp (again), SB5.🤦♂️ Why does the Austin swamp keep trying to turn Texas into a nanny state and ban things Trump protected like hemp and vapes? The government is not your parent! I will continue fighting for liberty. Excerpt…
What makes Texas strong isn’t government micromanagement—it’s families, freedom, and free enterprise. SB 5 threatens all three. By banning legal hemp products and turning small business owners into criminals, lawmakers are pushing prohibition under the false flag of public…
Representative @jamestalarico went on the @joerogan podcast and revealed that Lt. Gov Dan Patrick held multiple live saving bills hostage, all in order to get his THC ban bill passed in the Texas senate. Bills that could’ve saved the lives of Texans had they not been held…
📢 Sen. Charles Perry just said the hemp industry is “insidious, deceptive, and nefarious,” and that we’ve “built a market around vulnerable groups” citing “veterans and kids.” These remarks are not only deeply misleading—they are an insult to the thousands of Texans who have…
Today’s senate hearing on SB5 and banning hemp derived THC in Texas has made one thing glaringly apparent, Texas politicians are deeply funded by the alcohol industry. Texas politicians spending hours preaching the dangers of THC, yet there’s no mention of the addiction, health…
Hope everyone is ready for another wild push by the Lt Governor to ban hemp. It’s going to move fast y’all #txlege
We’re at the Capitol this morning to testify against SB5 and a full ban of hemp derived products in the Texas senate! Things will move quickly today in the special session, so keep an eye out and we’ll keep you posted as the situation develops! 🤘🤘 #txlege
Here we go again: Perry just filed SB 5 - another hemp ban bill. Bill text: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/891/bi… Texas needs flood relief. We need lower property taxes. We need school funding. But sure, let’s keep wasting time on a hemp ban even @GregAbbott_TX doesn’t support. #txlege #sb5
📍The Special Session starts TODAY Hemp is back on the agenda—and lawmakers need to hear from the people they represent. Show up. Speak out. Stay loud. 📲 Contact your rep: texashempbusinesscouncil.com/zip/ #TexasHemp #TXLege #VetoSB3 #TXHempPolicy
.@jamestalarico breaks down how Dan Patrick blocked critical funding for flood mitigation—just to push a THC ban and protect his alcohol industry donors. Texans deserve better than political games. This is corruption, plain and simple. It’s not going to change until we take…
6,888 reports of physical or sexual misconduct by Texas school employees were filed between 2021–2024. That’s what underfunded oversight looks like. Read more: merissahansen.com/p/the-potentia… @MerissaHansen17 explores how the $268M/year in tax revenue from hemp-derived products could…
Judges say it should be about individual risk—but that’s not how the law works in practice. Responsible adults, including veterans, are losing their Second Amendment rights simply for being enrolled in a medical cannabis program. No history of violence. No reasonable cause. Just…
Federal Court Upholds Gun Ban For Marijuana Users, But Requires 'Individualized Judgments' To Determine Dangerousness: "Categories are out. Individualized assessments are in." marijuanamoment.net/federal-court-…
The first house schedule has been posted. Special session is kicking off in the House Monday at 12pm. Contact your reps - tell them to support sensible regulations. texashempbusinesscouncil.com/zip/ #texashemp #txlege #vetosb3 #txhemppolicy
Because it was never about the children. If it were, maybe lawmakers would have enacted an age gate law for the past 4 years. #txlege
Politicians have been using “children’s safety” as the reasoning for a total hemp ban, yet fail to properly screen employee’s in our Texas schools due to “lack of funding”. Meanwhile the $268 million in sales tax revenue generated from the hemp industry, could be currently used…
🚨 Texas quietly passed SB 2024—a hemp vape ban starting Sept 1. It’s a preview of what’s coming if a version of SB 3 passes during the July 21 special session. Together, they’d gut access to hemp-derived THC for all Texans—while protecting only a handful of corporate or medical…
Special session for the #txlege begins next Monday, 7/21 and members are already prefiling bills. The first cannabis related bill to be authored is HB42 by Rep @NicoleCollier95 out of Fort Worth, which would protect consumers who possess hemp products they bought from a…
Governor Abbott has filed his proclamation for the special session in Texas. What does this mean? It boils down to his priorities for the special session, and hemp is on the list. Surprisingly, the proclamation is a much more positive outlook than a full out ban. He calls for…
Posting this because many people in cannabis don’t understand the difference. Rescheduling and Descheduling are two different things. Rescheduling hands the entire industry to big pharma. Descheduling gives cannabis to the people. Big difference. @MikeTyson