The governor of Texas still hasn’t made a decision on a bill lawmakers recently sent to his desk that would ban consumable hemp products with any traces of THC—but he says there are “meaningful positions and concerns on both sides of the issue.”
As advocates and stakeholders continue to push for a veto of SB 3, which they say would effectively eradicate the hemp market in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Monday that he has hundreds of bills to review and he “hasn’t gotten to” the cannabis legislation yet.
“I’ll tell you this: Listen, there are meaningful positions and concerns on both sides of the issue, and I’ll look into all of those and evaluate all of those,” he told reporters during a Q & A session following a bill signing ceremony for an unrelated measure.
That largely echoes comments Abbott made earlier this month, when he said SB 3 “is one of literally more than a thousand bills on my desk—all of which need my careful consideration and evaluation.”
“I will give all of those pieces of legislation the consideration and time that they deserve,” the governor said at the time, while sitting beside one of the
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