A Texas Senate committee has begun discussing Senate Bill 3, which would ban the sale of consumable THC products. Here's what lawmakers are saying.

Adopted and then approved 7-2 by the state Senate's Licensing and Occupations Committee, Senate Bill 202 would ban the sale of hemp-derived beverages, those that contain CBD and/or THC, until the middle of 2026 while the state finds ways to study, understand and regulate products in the same way it does with beer and liquor.

There is little doubt that a ban will sail through the Senate. But its prospects are far less certain in the House.

Over the past decade, thousands of CBD shops have opened across Texas. Allen Police Chief Steve Dye said marijuana on the market today is stronger and more addictive than ever.

State senators unexpectedly amended a hemp bill to ban beverages containing THC, which have risen in popularity.

A bill moving through the Texas Senate would ban nearly all consumable products that contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market,