Bill Text: TX HB4918 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the processing, manufacture, and sale of hemp products for smoking.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Received from the House [HB4918 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4918-Engrossed.html
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By: Rosenthal, Cain, Bernal, Plesa, et al. | H.B. No. 4918 |
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relating to the processing, manufacture, and sale of hemp products | ||
for smoking. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 122.301(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A state agency may [ |
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manufacture a product containing hemp for smoking. For the | ||
purposes of this subsection, "smoking" means burning or igniting a | ||
substance and inhaling the smoke or heating a substance and | ||
inhaling the resulting vapor or aerosol [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 443.204, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 443.204. RULES RELATED TO SALE OF CONSUMABLE HEMP | ||
PRODUCTS. Rules adopted by the executive commissioner regulating | ||
the sale of consumable hemp products must to the extent allowable by | ||
federal law reflect the following principles: | ||
(1) hemp-derived cannabinoids, including cannabidiol, | ||
are not considered controlled substances or adulterants; | ||
(2) products containing one or more hemp-derived | ||
cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol, intended for ingestion are | ||
considered foods, not controlled substances or adulterated | ||
products; and | ||
(3) consumable hemp products must be packaged and | ||
labeled in the manner provided by Section 443.205 [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 443.001(11), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |