The incumbent vetoed a total THC ban that his own party's legislature passed, then called a session to restrict the same products another way. His main opponent voted against that ban and coauthored a decriminalisation bill. Both records are below.
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Official act2025-06-22
Vetoed Senate Bill 3, which would have banned the sale of virtually all hemp-derived THC products. The veto proclamation argued the ban would face valid constitutional challenges and would be tied up in court, citing a federal ruling that blocked a similar Arkansas law under the 2018 farm bill, and the investments Texans had made in hemp businesses since 2019.
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Official act2025-06-22
In the same announcement, called a special legislative session beginning 2025-07-21 to write regulation for THC consumables in place of the vetoed ban.
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Official act2025-09-25
After the special session ended without an agreement, issued an executive order directing state agencies to regulate hemp-derived THC products, including restrictions on sales to minors.
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Vote2025-05-22
Voted Nay on final passage of Senate Bill 3, the hemp-derived THC ban. Record Vote 3304 in the Texas House: 87 Yeas, 54 Nays, 1 present not voting. She is named in the printed Nays roll.
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Coauthored2019-04-18
Signed on as a coauthor of House Bill 63 in the 86th Legislature, which would have reduced possession of a small amount of marijuana to a civil penalty rather than a criminal offence.
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What happened next. The ban did not take effect, but the products were restricted anyway by a different route: the Texas Supreme Court held in May 2026 that the state health department could schedule manufactured delta-8, and the restored 2021 definitions took effect on 2026-07-31.
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