(NewsNation) — A bill that would ban all products containing THC is now on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the Senate late Sunday approved the House version of the bill advanced by the lower chamber last week.

NewsNation's Xavier Walton says lawmakers feel the bill will protect children.

"We can't regulate it," Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said. "We don't have enough police to check every store, when there are 8 to 9,000 of them."

The bill came alongside a push by Texas Republicans to expand the state’s medical marijuana program significantly. Under the new ban, possession of hemp products now carries a dramatically stricter penalty — a year in jail. The rule fixes a loophole in the 2019 Consumable Hemp Law that didn't allow products to contain more than trace amounts of delta-9 THC,

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