West San Antonio. The incumbent has filed two bills on marihuana possession penalties as primary author and was recorded absent for the SB 3 engrossment vote, filing a statement of vote the same day. Both the absence and the statement are listed.
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Authored2023-02-22
Filed HB 2601 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession of marihuana.
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Authored2023-03-21
Signed on as a joint author of HB 1250, relating to expanding the number of dispensing organization license holders under the Texas Compassionate Use Program.
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Coauthored2023-04-13
Signed on as a coauthor of HB 218, relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses involving possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols and certain synthetic cannabinoids.
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Coauthored2023-04-13
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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Authored2025-02-14
Filed HB 2871 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession of marihuana and to eligibility for community supervision.
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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.
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Vote2025-05-21
Recorded as Absent for 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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Said2025-05-21
Filed a statement of vote printed in the House Journal regarding Record Vote 3192 on passage to third reading of CSSB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, reading: "I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no."
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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.
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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.
No record compiled yet. Checked on 2026-09-18: the member-level rolls of every 2025 cannabis and hemp record vote in the official Texas House and Senate Journals — SB 3 and HB 46 in the regular session, SB 5 in the first called session and SB 6 in the second — including every Yea, Nay, present-not-voting, absent and statement-of-vote list, where this name does not appear because they hold no Texas legislative office; the author, joint-author, coauthor and sponsor tables of every cannabis, hemp, THC and Compassionate Use bill filed in the 87th, 88th and 89th Legislatures and the 2025 called sessions, at the Legislature's own bill-lookup service; and a press sweep including the Spectrum News report on the March 2026 Austin candidate forum on THC policy, which quotes six candidates by name and does not include them.
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