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Authored2020-11-09
Filed SB 90 as primary author, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution and delivery of medical cannabis for qualifying patients.
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Authored2021-03-12
Filed SB 2040 as primary author, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, sale and research of medical cannabis for patients with certain medical conditions.
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Authored2022-11-14
Filed SB 121 as primary author, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, sale and research of medical cannabis for patients with certain medical conditions.
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Authored2024-11-12
Filed SB 170 as primary author, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, sale and research of medical cannabis for patients with certain medical conditions.
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Authored2025-01-07
Filed SB 733 as primary author, relating to the creation of a medical cannabis research program and authorizing fees.
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Authored2025-01-07
Filed SB 734 as primary author, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, sale and research of medical cannabis for patients with certain medical conditions.
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Vote2025-03-19
Recorded Nay on final passage of CSSB 3 on third reading, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 26 Yeas to 5 Nays.
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Vote2025-03-19
Recorded Nay on the motion to suspend the constitutional three-day reading rule to place CSSB 3 on third reading, which carried 27 Yeas to 4 Nays.
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Vote2025-05-25
Recorded Nay on the motion to concur in the House amendments to SB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 25 Yeas to 6 Nays.
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Coauthored2025-05-27
Shown in the Senate Journal as a cosponsor of HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, on the motion of Senator Perry.
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Vote2025-05-27
The Senate passed CSHB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, on third reading by 31 Yeas to 0 Nays. The journal records the totals only and prints no individual names for this vote, so it is recorded here as a unanimous act of the chamber rather than as a named vote.
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Vote2025-06-01
The Senate adopted the conference committee report on HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, by 31 Yeas to 0 Nays. The journal records the totals only and prints no individual names for this vote, so it is recorded here as a unanimous act of the chamber rather than as a named vote.
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Authored2025-07-30
Signed on as a joint author of SB 54, relating to the regulation, possession, use and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products.
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Vote2025-08-01
Recorded Nay on final passage of SB 5 of the first called session, regulating hemp-derived products, which carried 21 Yeas to 8 Nays.
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Vote2025-08-19
Recorded Nay on final passage of SB 6 of the second called session, the successor hemp-cannabinoid bill, which carried 22 Yeas to 8 Nays.
Jose Menendez Democrat
Texas Senate, District 26
San Antonio. The incumbent has filed medical-cannabis legislation as primary author in four consecutive legislatures and voted against the hemp restrictions at every stage — sixteen documented acts, the longest record of any candidate on this site. The certified ballot carries a Green nominee and no Republican.
Jose MenendezDemocratIncumbent
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