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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products as questions swirled around the future of the industry due to federal restrictions on the products approved by Congress last week.

The governor of Texas has convened another special session—again directing lawmakers to advance legislation regulating consumable hemp and setting an age limit to access cannabinoids. Within hours, a Senate committee quickly and unanimously approved a reintroduced bill that would simply ban hemp THC products in contravention of Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) call for regulation.

A state appeals court on Thursday struck down an Austin law that prohibits police from citing and arresting people for carrying small amounts of marijuana. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the city, arguing the ordinance — which was adopted after voters approved it in 2022 — violated state law.