Reaches from San Antonio to the border. The incumbent filed a broad cannabis regulation bill in 2020 and joint-authored two more in 2025, and voted for SB 3 in March before voting against both successor hemp bills in the summer called sessions. The sequence is listed in date order.
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Authored2020-11-09
Filed SB 140 as primary author, relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, testing, possession and use of cannabis and cannabis products.
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Authored2021-03-12
Filed SB 1972 as primary author, relating to the definition of marihuana.
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Vote2025-03-19
Recorded Yea 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 Yea 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 Yea 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 53, relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages.
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Authored2025-07-30
Signed on as a joint author of SB 54, relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, sale, 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.
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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