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The Texas Legislature will likely end another legislative overtime round without banning or further regulating most THC products after a months-long fight between lawmakers to rein in the exploding hemp industry.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday night that the Senate will gavel out of the second special session, leaving behind Senate Bill 6, which would have broadly banned consumable hemp products with any “detectable amount of any cannabinoid.” Only those with cannabidiol or cannabigerol, which are both non-psychoactive, would have stayed legal.
The move followed a last-minute effort earlier in the day between top Republicans to hash