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James Talarico Democrat

US Senate

The attorney general who sued five cities over voter-approved marijuana ordinances is the Republican nominee. The Democratic nominee voted against the THC ban twice and authored a full legalisation bill. Houston votes on a similar ordinance on the same day.

James TalaricoDemocrat
  • Vote2025-05-22

    Voted Nay on final passage of Senate Bill 3, the hemp-derived THC ban. Record Vote 3304: 87 Yeas, 54 Nays, 1 present not voting. He is named in the printed Nays roll.

    journals.house.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov

  • Vote2025-05-21

    Voted Nay the previous day on passage of the same bill to third reading. Record Vote 3192: 95 Yeas, 44 Nays, 2 present not voting.

    journals.house.texas.gov

  • Authored2023-03-01

    Sole author of House Bill 1831 in the 88th Legislature, which would have regulated and taxed the cultivation, sale and possession of cannabis and provided for record expunction. It was referred to subcommittee and died there.

    capitol.texas.gov

  • Said2026-08-03

    Called the state's THC restrictions a gift to the cartels and said Texas is going back to the days of prohibition, seven years after the legislature legalised hemp.

    houstonpublicmedia.org

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