Texas hemp and alcohol industry stakeholders are urging officials to ramp down proposed hemp regulations to provide more leniency as the state implements new rules to prevent youth access to intoxicating products.
At a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) public meeting on Thursday, the agency presented draft rules that businesses would need to follow in order to sell consumable cannabinoid products. But while there was consensus around the underlying ban on sales to people under 21, there was pushback against certain proposed definitions and penalties.
The purpose of the meeting was to gain that stakeholder feedback as TABC works to permanently codify rules that the agency issued last month in emergency form in response to an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott (R). The emergency policy is already in effect but is set to expire within months.
“Our intent is to propose these rules at the upcoming meeting on November 18,” TABC senior counsel Matthew Cherry said, adding that if the commission does vote to propose the rules, another public hearing and comment period will be held before they’re potentially adopted.
Among the more controversial provisions of the proposed rules is an automatic revocation of a business’s liquor license if
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