HOUSTON — During the 89th Regular Legislative Session, Texas lawmakers filed more than 8,500 bills.

Lawmakers passed around 1,200 of them.

Even though Governor Greg Abbott has signed several bills into law, including the new voucher system and a massive public school funding bill, the focus has now turned to just one: Senate Bill 3, the THC ban.

Like the rest of Texas, state Senator Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, wants to know if the Governor will sign the bill.

“Well, that’s the big question, isn’t it?” said Sen. Bettencourt on Inside Texas Politics.

Sen. Bettencourt knows there are two competing interests trying to sway the governor: those who support the ban, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and the industry itself, which is urging the governor to veto the legislation.

And according

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