As Attorney General, sued five cities — Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton — over voter-approved ordinances limiting police enforcement of marijuana possession laws. The office's release cited a state bar on a political subdivision adopting a policy under which it will not fully enforce drug laws.

texasattorneygeneral.gov, texasstandard.org

Sued the City of Dallas over Proposition R, approved by Dallas voters, which barred arrest or citation for possession of up to four ounces.

texasattorneygeneral.gov, texastribune.org

The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals ruled for the state in the Austin and San Marcos cases, holding the ordinances conflict with state law and cannot be enforced. The Texas Supreme Court declined to review the San Marcos case on 2025-09-12, leaving that ruling in place.

texasstandard.org, universitystar.com

Voted Nay on final passage of Senate Bill 3, the hemp-derived THC ban. Record Vote 3304: 87 Yeas, 54 Nays, 1 present not voting. He is named in the printed Nays roll.

journals.house.texas.gov, capitol.texas.gov

Voted Nay the previous day on passage of the same bill to third reading. Record Vote 3192: 95 Yeas, 44 Nays, 2 present not voting.

journals.house.texas.gov

Sole author of House Bill 1831 in the 88th Legislature, which would have regulated and taxed the cultivation, sale and possession of cannabis and provided for record expunction. It was referred to subcommittee and died there.

capitol.texas.gov

Called the state's THC restrictions a gift to the cartels and said Texas is going back to the days of prohibition, seven years after the legislature legalised hemp.

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