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Joe Moody Democrat

Texas House, District 78

A Texas district covering part of El Paso, Corpus Christi or Beaumont. One candidate is on this ballot — the certified list carries no opponent from any party, and the minor-party sweep that found Libertarian and Green legislative nominees elsewhere in Texas found none here. The sitting member's recorded votes on the 2025 hemp-THC ban and the Compassionate Use Program expansion are listed below in date order, with their record-vote numbers, as the official journals print them.

Joe MoodyDemocratIncumbent
  • Vote2025-05-12

    Recorded Yea on Record Vote 2184, passage to engrossment of CSHB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 118 Yeas to 16 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-05-13

    Recorded Yea on Record Vote 2257, final House passage of HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 122 Yeas to 21 Nays.

    journals.house.texas.gov

  • Vote2025-05-21

    Recorded Nay on Record Vote 3192, passage to third reading of CSSB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 95 Yeas to 44 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-05-22

    Recorded Nay on Record Vote 3304, final House passage of SB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 87 Yeas to 54 Nays.

    journals.house.texas.gov

  • Vote2025-06-01

    Recorded Yea on Record Vote 4163, adoption of the conference committee report on HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 138 Yeas to 1 Nay.

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  • Authored2020-11-10

    Filed HB 447 as primary author, the Texas Regulation and Taxation of Cannabis Act.

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  • Authored2021-03-02

    Filed HB 2593 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession of certain tetrahydrocannabinols.

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  • Authored2022-11-14

    Filed HB 218 as primary author, reducing the criminal and licensing consequences of marihuana, tetrahydrocannabinol and paraphernalia possession.

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  • Authored2023-01-17

    Filed HB 1374 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate.

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  • Authored2023-03-06

    Filed HB 3652 as primary author, the Texas Regulation and Taxation of Cannabis Act, regulating the cultivation, sale and use of cannabis.

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  • Authored2023-03-09

    Filed HB 4439 as primary author, relating to the production, sale and regulation of consumable hemp products.

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  • Authored2024-11-12

    Filed HB 848 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate.

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  • Authored2025-02-24

    Filed HB 3242 as primary author, relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of marihuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, synthetic cannabinoid and paraphernalia possession.

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  • Authored2025-05-12

    Signed on as a joint author of HB 46, the Texas Compassionate Use Program expansion.

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  • Coauthored2021-04-30

    Signed on as a coauthor of HB 441, relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of marihuana and paraphernalia possession.

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  • Coauthored2023-04-10

    Signed on as a coauthor of HB 1805, relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.

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