Texas Senate, District 26
San Antonio. The incumbent has filed medical-cannabis legislation as primary author in four consecutive legislatures and recorded Nay on the hemp restrictions at every stage — 30 record votes among 43 documented acts. The certified ballot carries a Green nominee and no Republican.
How this score is worked out
Seven kinds of act move this number, and they do not count equally. A recorded vote counts 3, and so does authoring a bill or signing an executive action; signing on to somebody else’s bill counts 2. A statement or a questionnaire answer counts 2 as well, and an organisational endorsement counts 1. A vote takes its direction from the bill, whose effect is set out in advance; the rest take it from our reading of what was said, and each one below shows that reading and the reason for it. Acts shown with no number were examined and deliberately left out of the arithmetic, with a reason given.
- 2025-08-19 Consumable hemp, second called session SB 6 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-08-18 Consumable hemp, second called session SB 6 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-08-15 Regulate and tax cannabis SB 31 — signed on, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-08-01 Consumable hemp, first called session SB 5 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-07-30 Regulate and tax cannabis SB 54 — signed on, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-07-30 Consumable hemp, first called session SB 5 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-05-27 Texas Compassionate-Use Program HB 46 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 2
- 2025-05-25 Consumable hemp and hemp-derived cannabinoids SB 3 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-03-19 Consumable hemp and hemp-derived cannabinoids SB 3 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 3
- 2025-03-19 statement — A filed explanation of a Nay on the hemp-THC ban, objecting that it criminalises lawful non-intoxicating hemp and restricts adult access, counted as +2 at weight 2
- 2025-01-07 Medical cannabis research programme SB 733 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 3
- 2025-01-07 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 734 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 3
- 2024-11-12 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 170 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 3
- 2022-11-14 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 121 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 1.8
- 2021-05-25 Low-THC cannabis for more conditions HB 1535 — voted, counted as +1 at weight 1.8
- 2021-05-25 Low-THC cannabis for more conditions HB 1535 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 1.2
- 2021-05-24 Defence to prosecution for small amounts HB 1694 — voted, counted as +1 at weight 1.8
- 2021-05-21 Penalties for tetrahydrocannabinols HB 2593 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 1.8
- 2021-05-21 Penalties for tetrahydrocannabinols HB 2593 — voted, counted as +2 at weight 1.8
- 2021-03-12 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 2040 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 1.8
- 2020-11-09 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 90 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 1.8
- 2019-05-22 Low-THC cannabis for more conditions HB 3703 — voted, counted as +1 at weight 0.9
- 2016-12-06 Medical cannabis for debilitating conditions SB 269 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 0.9
- 2015-05-07 Texas Compassionate Use Act SB 339 — voted, counted as +1 at weight 0.9
- 2015-05-07 Texas Compassionate Use Act SB 339 — signed on, counted as +1 at weight 0.6
Average on the −2 to +2 scale: 1.547. Full method and the bill table.
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Vote2015-05-07
Texas Senate: recorded Yea, and named in the printed Yeas roll, on third-reading passage of CSSB 339, the bill that created the Texas Compassionate-Use Program for low-THC cannabis, which carried 26 Yeas to 5 Nays. The Senate had passed the bill to engrossment earlier the same day by a viva voce vote in which every member was deemed to have voted Yea except five named Nays.
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Coauthored2015-05-07
Signed on as a Senate coauthor of SB 339 in the 84th Legislature, the bill that created the Texas Compassionate-Use Program for low-THC cannabis. The Legislature’s author table records the sign-on date as 2015-05-07.
capitol.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov, journals.senate.texas.gov
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Vote2015-05-07
Texas Senate: recorded Yea, and named in the printed Yeas roll, on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that CSSB 339 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; CSSB 339 is the bill that created the Texas Compassionate-Use Program for low-THC cannabis. The motion, made by Senator Eltife, prevailed 26 Yeas to 5 Nays.
This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Authored2016-12-06
Filed SB 269 (85R) as its primary author on 2016-12-06, authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution and delivery of medical cannabis for qualifying patients.
capitol.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov, journals.senate.texas.gov
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Vote2019-05-15
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the passage of CSHB 1325 to third reading, the 2019 bill on the production and regulation of hemp that brought Texas into line with the federal hemp definition and created the state's licensed hemp programme. The Senate Journal prints: "CSHB 1325 as amended was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote. All Members are deemed to have voted "Yea" on the passage to third reading."
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote and no name-by-name roll. The Texas Senate has 31 members, the journal's opening roll for 15 May 2019 names 31 senators present, and the yeas equal that number, so every senator present is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber and the day's presence roll, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 1325 (86th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 1325 is not scored
Production and regulation of hemp — the 2019 bill that brought Texas into line with the federal hemp definition. It is an agricultural and licensing framework rather than an access measure, and it is read the same way as the other hemp-production bills here, so it is not scored. Its votes are still shown.
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Vote2019-05-15
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the third reading and final passage of CSHB 1325, the 2019 bill on the production and regulation of hemp, which carried 31 Yeas to 0 Nays. The Senate Journal prints: "The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0."
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote and no name-by-name roll. The Texas Senate has 31 members, the journal's opening roll for 15 May 2019 names 31 senators present, and the yeas equal that number, so every senator present is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber and the day's presence roll, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 1325 (86th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 1325 is not scored
Production and regulation of hemp — the 2019 bill that brought Texas into line with the federal hemp definition. It is an agricultural and licensing framework rather than an access measure, and it is read the same way as the other hemp-production bills here, so it is not scored. Its votes are still shown.
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Vote2019-05-15
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that CSHB 1325 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; CSHB 1325 is the 2019 bill on the production and regulation of hemp. The motion, made by Senator Perry, prevailed 31 Yeas to 0 Nays. This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Texas Senate has 31 members and the Yeas number 31, so every senator is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 1325 (86th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 1325 is not scored
Production and regulation of hemp — the 2019 bill that brought Texas into line with the federal hemp definition. It is an agricultural and licensing framework rather than an access measure, and it is read the same way as the other hemp-production bills here, so it is not scored. Its votes are still shown.
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Vote2019-05-22
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the third-reading passage of CSHB 3703, widening the medical conditions for which low-THC cannabis may be prescribed under the Compassionate-Use Program, which carried 31 Yeas to 0 Nays.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Senate has 31 members, the journal's roll for the day names the senators present, and the yeas equal that number, so every senator present is recorded as voting Yea.
journals.senate.texas.gov, journals.senate.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov
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Vote2019-05-22
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that CSHB 3703 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; CSHB 3703 is the 2019 bill widening the medical conditions for which low-THC cannabis may be prescribed under the Compassionate-Use Program. The motion, made by Senator Campbell, prevailed 31 Yeas to 0 Nays.
This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Texas Senate has 31 members and the Yeas number 31, so every senator is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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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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Vote2021-05-21
Texas Senate: recorded Yea, and named in the printed Yeas roll, on final passage of HB 2593 as amended, moving possession of tetrahydrocannabinols into a new penalty group whose lowest tiers are misdemeanors, out of one where any amount is a felony. The Journal records the vote as 24 Yeas, 7 Nays.
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Vote2021-05-21
Texas Senate: recorded Yea, and named in the printed Yeas roll, on the motion to suspend the regular order of business to take up HB 2593 on its second reading; HB 2593 is the 2021 bill moving possession of tetrahydrocannabinols into a new penalty group whose lowest tiers are misdemeanors, out of one where any amount is a felony. The motion, made by Senator Johnson, prevailed 24 Yeas to 7 Nays. This is the procedural vote that brought the bill up; the passage to third reading that followed it, and the final passage, are listed separately.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Vote2021-05-21
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the passage of HB 2593 to third reading on its second reading, the 2021 bill moving possession of tetrahydrocannabinols into a new penalty group whose lowest tiers are misdemeanors, out of one where any amount is a felony, which carried 24 Yeas to 7 Nays. The Senate Journal records this vote as the same as the previous roll call, the one taken moments earlier to bring the bill up, in which this member is named in the printed Yeas roll.
Final passage the same day is listed separately.
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Vote2021-05-21
Texas Senate: recorded Yea, and named in the printed Yeas roll, on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that HB 2593 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; HB 2593 is the 2021 bill moving possession of tetrahydrocannabinols into a new penalty group whose lowest tiers are misdemeanors, out of one where any amount is a felony.
The motion, made by Senator Johnson, prevailed 25 Yeas to 6 Nays. This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Vote2021-05-24
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the third-reading passage of HB 1694, creating a defence to prosecution for small-amount possession when a person seeks emergency help for an overdose, which carried 30 Yeas to 0 Nays, with one member absent-excused.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Senate has 31 members, the journal's roll for the day names the senators present, and the yeas equal that number, so every senator present is recorded as voting Yea.
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Vote2021-05-24
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that HB 1694 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; HB 1694 is the 2021 bill creating a defence to prosecution for small-amount possession when a person seeks emergency help for an overdose. The motion, made by Senator Schwertner, prevailed 30 Yeas to 0 Nays, with Senator Creighton absent-excused.
This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
⚠️The journal prints no list of Yeas for this vote; it names only the absent member. The Texas Senate has 31 members, and 30 Yeas, 0 Nays and the one named absence account for all of them, so every senator other than the absent member is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber and the named absence, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Vote2021-05-25
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the third-reading passage of CSHB 1535, widening the medical conditions qualifying for low-THC cannabis under the Compassionate-Use Program, which carried 31 Yeas to 0 Nays.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Senate has 31 members, the journal's roll for the day names the senators present, and the yeas equal that number, so every senator present is recorded as voting Yea.
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Coauthored2021-05-25
Was shown as a Senate co-sponsor of HB 1535, the 2021 Compassionate-Use Program expansion, on the motion of Senator Schwertner printed in the Senate Journal.
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Vote2021-05-25
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that CSHB 1535 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; CSHB 1535 is the 2021 bill widening the medical conditions qualifying for low-THC cannabis under the Compassionate-Use Program. The motion, made by Senator Schwertner, prevailed 31 Yeas to 0 Nays.
This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Texas Senate has 31 members and the Yeas number 31, so every senator is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Vote2021-05-26
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the passage of CSHB 3948 to third reading, on the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products. The Senate Journal prints: "CSHB 3948 as amended was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote. All Members are deemed to have voted "Yea" on the passage to third reading except as follows: Nays: Johnson."
⚠️The journal prints no list of yeas for this vote; it names only the single dissenter. The Texas Senate has 31 members, all 31 are recorded voting on the suspension motion taken immediately before, and the tally accounts for all 31, so every senator other than the named Nay is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber and the named exception, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 3948 (87th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 3948 is not scored
Hemp and consumable hemp production and regulation. Read as an industry framework rather than an access measure; the direction is arguable, so it is not scored.
journals.senate.texas.gov, journals.senate.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov
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Vote2021-05-26
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the third reading and final passage of CSHB 3948, on the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products, which carried 30 Yeas to 1 Nay. The Senate Journal prints: "The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. Nays: Johnson."
⚠️The journal prints no list of yeas for this vote; it names only the single dissenter. The Texas Senate has 31 members, all 31 are recorded voting on the suspension motion taken immediately before, and the tally accounts for all 31, so every senator other than the named Nay is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber and the named exception, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 3948 (87th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 3948 is not scored
Hemp and consumable hemp production and regulation. Read as an industry framework rather than an access measure; the direction is arguable, so it is not scored.
journals.senate.texas.gov, journals.senate.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov
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Vote2021-05-26
Texas Senate: recorded Yea on the motion to suspend Senate Rule 7.18 and the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, so that CSHB 3948 could be placed on its third reading and final passage the same day; CSHB 3948 is the 2021 bill on the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products. The motion, made by Senator Perry, prevailed 31 Yeas to 0 Nays. This is a procedural vote; the third-reading passage that followed it is listed separately.
⚠️The journal prints only the tally for this vote. The Texas Senate has 31 members and the Yeas number 31, so every senator is recorded as voting Yea. This attribution is deduced from the size of the chamber, not read off a printed list of names.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site deliberately does not score HB 3948 (87th Legislature), so a record on it moves no number.
Why HB 3948 is not scored
Hemp and consumable hemp production and regulation. Read as an industry framework rather than an access measure; the direction is arguable, so it is not scored.
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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.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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Said2025-03-19
Filed a joint reason for vote with three other senators, printed in the Senate Journal, explaining their Nay votes on Senate Bill 3: "We appreciate the intent of Senate Bill (SB) 3 to regulate the consumable hemp market, especially in preventing the sale of intoxicating THC products to minors and ensuring consumer safety through proper labeling and packaging requirements." They continued: "We ultimately voted against SB 3, however, because its overly broad restrictions harm Texas businesses, unnecessarily criminalize legal hemp products, and limit access for adults who rely on nonintoxicating hemp for medical relief."
They added that by raising the purchasing age to 21 "the bill prohibits young adults—including veterans under 21—from purchasing CBD products that help manage pain, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms", and concluded: "Had the bill focused solely on intoxicating THC products while preserving access to other safe, regulated hemp strains, we could have supported it."
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Vote2025-04-22
Texas Senate: recorded Nay, and named in the printed Nays roll, on passage to engrossment on second reading of CSSB 1870, which would bar a city or county from placing on the ballot any measure — including a charter amendment — directing that state drug or consumable hemp laws not be fully enforced, and from adopting a non-enforcement policy, with civil penalties of $25,000 for a first violation. The Journal records the vote as 23 Yeas, 8 Nays.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score floor amendments, because an amendment can point the opposite way to the bill it changes, and its scoring rules read this record as concerning one.
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Vote2025-04-23
Texas Senate: recorded Nay, and named in the printed Nays roll, on third-reading passage of CSSB 1870, which would bar a city or county from placing on the ballot any measure — including a charter amendment — directing that state drug or consumable hemp laws not be fully enforced, and from adopting a non-enforcement policy, with civil penalties of $25,000 for a first violation. The Journal records the vote as 23 Yeas, 8 Nays.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score floor amendments, because an amendment can point the opposite way to the bill it changes, and its scoring rules read this record as concerning one.
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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.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site scores a vote only when its record states the member’s own Yea or Nay in a form its scoring rules read, and this record does not. A vote the journal prints only as a chamber total, with no names, is the usual case.
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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.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site scores a vote only when its record states the member’s own Yea or Nay in a form its scoring rules read, and this record does not. A vote the journal prints only as a chamber total, with no names, is the usual case.
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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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Vote2025-07-30
Recorded Nay on passage of SB 5 to engrossment on its second reading in the Texas Senate on 2025-07-30, in the first called session of the 89th Legislature. SB 5 is captioned "Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty."
The Senate Journal prints the whole roll: "SB 5 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 8. Yeas: Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hall, A. Hinojosa, J. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks, West. Nays: Alvarado, Cook, Eckhardt, Gutierrez, Johnson, Menéndez, Miles, Zaffirini. Absent-excused: Hagenbuch."
The printed surname Menéndez is resolved against the Texas Senate roster to this member, who holds Senate District 26.
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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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Authored2025-08-15
Filed SB 31 (892) as one of its primary authors on 2025-08-15, decriminalising the conduct, requiring an occupational licence and imposing a tax on cannabis.
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Vote2025-08-18
Texas Senate: recorded Nay, and named in the printed Nays roll, on passage to engrossment of SB 6 on second reading, the second called session’s bill regulating consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids in them. The Journal records the vote as 22 Yeas, 8 Nays.
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Vote2025-08-18
Texas Senate: recorded Nay, and named in the printed Nays roll, on the motion to suspend the regular order of business to take up SB 6 of the second called session on its second reading, the bill regulating consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids in them. The motion prevailed 22 Yeas to 8 Nays. This is the procedural vote that brought the bill up; the Journal records the passage to engrossment that followed as "Same as previous roll call", and that vote is listed separately.
WeedVoter’s note — shown here, but not counted in the score: This site does not score procedural motions, such as suspending a rule, postponing, recommitting or reconsidering, because such a motion decides how a bill is handled rather than what it does, and its scoring rules read this record as one.
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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. Nothing on cannabis — no vote, bill, statement or endorsement — was found in any source we could read. One limit on that search is recorded with it.
What was checked for Julián Villarreal, and the limits on it
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.
It contains no occurrence of cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, hemp, THC, CBD, delta-8 or Compassionate Use. When we re-read their Ballotpedia profile on 2026-10-15, it recorded that they had not completed Ballotpedia’s 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
⚠️This card does not tell you whether this candidate held a seat in an earlier Legislature, but the question is now narrower. Read on 2026-10-15, from each chamber’s own journal: the roll of members-elect that the Texas House Journal prints, district by district, on the first day of every regular session from the 75th Legislature (1997) through the 89th (2025), and every senator the Texas Senate Journal names with a district on the first day of every regular session from the 76th (1999) through the 89th.
For the 89th those are journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/89r/pdf/89RDAY01FINAL.PDF and journals.senate.texas.gov/SJRNL/89R/HTML/89RSJ01-14-F.HTM and every journal read is listed on this site’s corrections page. No one by this candidate’s name appears in any of them. That is narrower than a negative answer. Those rolls name the members seated as each session opened, and in most years the Senate’s names the senators who were not up for election by surname alone, so a member who sat only in earlier sessions, who arrived at a special election and was never named in full on a later first day, or who served under another name would not be found this way.
If this candidate is one of those, there may be a cannabis voting record this site is missing.
Also checked, and read in full on 2026-10-05: this candidate’s Ballotpedia profile at ballotpedia.org/Julian_Villarreal_(Texas_Senate_candidate), including their Candidate Connection survey answers, which are published in full on that page. Neither the profile nor the survey answers contain cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, hemp, THC, CBD, delta-8 or Compassionate Use.
Re-read on 2026-10-17: his campaign site julianfortxsenate.org, 33 pages reached from its home page and its sitemap files, including the English and Spanish Campaign Issues pages, the blog and every event listing, the newest dated 2026-10-17, every page HTTP 200, each fetched only after its robots.txt allowed that exact path, and scanned on word boundaries in both its visible text and its page source for cannabis, cannabinoid, marijuana, marihuana, hemp, THC, CBD, delta-8, delta-9, Compassionate Use or decriminalisation.
None of those words appears.
This card has been corrected. What earlier versions of it said, and what was wrong with them, is published in the corrections log.
No score: this candidate has no recorded vote or bill authorship on a cannabis measure. Silence is not a position, so nothing is inferred from it.
Campaign sites and voter guides checked for Julián Villarreal
Pages read in full:
- onyourballot.vote411.org/m/race-detail.do?id=25682694 — sections on the page: Qualifications; Priorities; Education; Water; Proof of Citizenship; Mail-in-Ballots — the question set the local League of Women Voters chapter wrote for this race, read in full by us on 2026-10-06. Not one of its questions asks about cannabis, hemp or drug policy. The candidate answered, in free text of their own, and no answer of theirs contains, on a word boundary, cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, hemp, hemp-derived, THC, thc-a, CBD, delta-8, delta-9, cannabinoid, dispensary, decriminalisation, psilocybin, Compassionate Use, consumable hemp, SB 3, Senate Bill 3, HB 1325 or HB 46.
- julianfortxsenate.org/campaign-issues their own site — sections on the page: Dignified Housing for All; Environmental Protection; Public Education; Civil Rights
- www.gp.org/julian_villarreal_your_voice — sections on the page: a party profile published 2026-04-02
- sanantonioreport.org/profile/julian-villarreal — sections on the page: a candidate profile published 2026-07-14
- julianfortxsenate.org their own site — sections on the page: The whole of his campaign site as its sitemap and its own links reach it — 26 addresses in English and Spanish, including the home page, About, Campaign Issues, Events and each event listing — read by us on 2026-10-16, every page HTTP 200 and robots-checked before it was fetched. None contains cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, hemp, THC, CBD, delta-8, cannabinoid, dispensary, decriminalisation, psilocybin or Compassionate Use.
All 2 candidates on this ballot are listed.