The governor of Texas is convening another special session, again directing lawmakers to advance legislation regulating consumable hemp and setting an age limit to access cannabinoids, along with several other unrelated issues.
After Democratic House lawmakers staged a walkout during the first special session Gov. Greg Abbott (R) convened—denying the chamber a quorum in protest of a proposed redistricting plan for the state’s congressional map—the governor on Friday issued a proclamation to start a second special session.
Under the state constitution, special sessions cannot last longer than 30 days, but there is no limit to how many can be called.
The latest proclamation renews the governor’s call for legislation “making it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to children under 21.”
It also says he wants lawmakers to deliver a bill to his desk that would “comprehensively regulate hemp-derived products, including limiting potency, restricting synthetically modified compounds, and establishing enforcement mechanisms, all without banning lawful hemp-derived products.”
An initial version of the new proclamation said cannabinoid products should be age-gated to prohibit access for people under 18, but that was quickly revised and republished with the age limit of 21—similar to the call for the prior special session—for reasons that
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