An open seat with no incumbent, and the most detailed legislative record of any US House race on this page. The Republican nominee sits in the Texas House, so unlike most congressional candidates he has cast recorded votes on both the hemp-THC ban and the medical expansion — including three separate votes on the medical bill, which did not all go the same way. All eleven acts are listed in date order with their record-vote numbers.
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Authored2020-11-09
Filed HB 99 (87th Legislature) as primary author, a bill relating to the possession of two ounces or less of marihuana, authorizing a fee.
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Authored2021-04-22
Signed on as a joint author of HB 441 (87th Legislature), relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain marihuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession offenses.
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Coauthored2021-05-30
Signed on as a coauthor of HB 1535 (87th Legislature), expanding the Texas Compassionate Use Program to patients with certain additional medical conditions.
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Authored2023-02-24
Filed as one of five listed authors of HB 2818 (88th Legislature), relating to the production and regulation of hemp, an administrative penalty, a hemp research permit and a fee.
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Coauthored2023-04-11
Signed on as a coauthor of HB 1805 (88th Legislature), relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.
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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 Nay 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 Yea on 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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Vote2025-05-22
Recorded Yea on Record Vote 3304, 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: his campaign site shaunfinnieforcongress.com, including its home, issues and biography pages, which contain no mention of cannabis, marijuana, THC or hemp; the Houston Chronicle's coverage of his campaign; a Progress Texas podcast appearance; his FEC candidate and committee filings; BallotReady; the Spectrum News report on the March 2026 Austin candidate forum on THC policy, which quotes six candidates and does not include them; and NORML's Texas guide, which covers sitting legislators only and has no entry for them. He has held no Texas legislative office, so there is no roll call to search.
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