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TXUS House, District 17

Cedar Park sits in this district under the map being voted on in November, not the one most lookup tools still return. The incumbent has led three separate letters opposing federal marijuana rescheduling.

Pete SessionsRepublicanIncumbent
  • Vote2021-04-19

    Recorded Nay on H.R. 1996, the SAFE Banking Act (On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended) on 2021-04-19.

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  • Vote2022-04-01

    Recorded Nay on H.R. 3617, the MORE Act (On Passage) on 2022-04-01.

    clerk.house.gov

  • Coauthored2023-09-12

    Became a cosponsor of H.R. 5323, the Stop Pot Act of 2023, which would withhold 10 percent of apportioned federal highway funds from states that allow lawful recreational marijuana purchase or public possession, on 2023-09-12.

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  • Said2024-07-10

    Led, with Sen. James Lankford, a bicameral public comment letter signed by 23 other Members opposing the proposed move of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, released 2024-07-10.

    sessions.house.gov

  • Coauthored2025-02-21

    Became an original cosponsor of H.R. 1447, the No Deductions for Marijuana Businesses Act, on 2025-02-21.

    govinfo.gov, congress.gov

  • Said2025-08-28

    Led a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Department of Justice to reject marijuana rescheduling, dated 2025-08-28, signed by Reps. Sessions, Harris, Aderholt, Roy, Gosar, Moore, Palmer, Rouzer and Miller.

    sessions.house.gov

  • Said2025-12-18

    Co-led, with Rep. Andy Harris, a letter to President Trump urging him to oppose any effort to reschedule marijuana under federal law, released 2025-12-18; signatories: Sessions, Harris (MD), LaMalfa, Mary E. Miller, Gosar, Lawler, Aderholt, Norman, Rutherford, Fulcher, Edwards, Biggs, Rouzer, Simpson, Christopher H. Smith, Harshbarger, Mark Harris, Bean, Blake D. Moore, Cloud, Estes, Wilson, Loudermilk, Rose, Flood, Moran.

    sessions.house.gov

No record compiled yet. A Waco attorney and the certified Democratic nominee, with no legislative office and therefore no roll calls. We checked his full campaign site including archived pages, two Community Impact candidate questionnaires from May and August 2026, his campaign launch release, his federal candidate filing, and the NORML Texas guide, which grades only the incumbent in this district. He was not among the candidates at a March 2026 Austin THC forum. No cannabis, hemp, THC, scheduling, decriminalisation or expungement content was found in any of them.

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