Texas has been under attack from greedy Lobbysts for decades for all kinds of things, and as recently as 2016 lobbiests collaborated together with a 1M dollar donation from Med Men in California when MPP worked with Texas DPS, and one of the 3 Licenses to draft our current TCUP bill. Cannabis just happens to be one of the things these poor politicians can not get right. Recently a Senate Bill 3 came before the Senate to vote on, and passed and is now going before Governor Greg Abbott. There is extensive reason not to trust Abbott to do anything that looks best for the average person. He has sold out to insurance company interests for decades, since he had a tree fall on him whilst running. He still gets one of the largest, and last payouts from HOA’s insurance policies, and in doing so agreed to cap these types of suits for the rest of Texans. What a good leader huh?
Texas is poised to ban all THC products in the state, including vapes, gummies and drinks that provide consumers similar effects to marijuana.
The proposed law, Senate Bill 3, would ban consumable hemp products that contain any synthetic cannabinoid, often known as delta-8. Non-intoxicating and non-psychoactive CBD or CBG would remain legal.
People found in possession of a product with those intoxicating cannabis compounds could face a fine of up to $500 come September. Higher fines and jail time would be possible for repeat offenders. –
Texas Legislature 2025 Texas is about to ban THC products. Here’s what to know.
The ban aims to remove products — made legal through a 2019 loophole — that provide a similar high to marijuana and are easily accessible to the general public.
Dan Patrick held a press conference recently, where he showed many different packaged goods. One of these products was from a brand called Hometown Heroes and they produce a product called Cereal Bites. Dan Patrick makes a mockery of adult consumption of cannabis and states that he does not want anyone to have access to 20 Mg bites.
Texas Hemp Bussiness Counsel has a petition out for getting signatures to Greg Abbott to veto this bill. There are a few nexus’ between the two groups, Hometown Heros and the THBC, but we are not sure that is significant enough to NOT sign the petition. Please sign the petition.
Mark Bordas: Executive DirectorMark Bordas serves as the Executive Director of the Texas Hemp Business Council, a nonprofit trade association focused on advancing and protecting hemp-derived cannabinoid products in the Lone Star state.
Bordas brings to the Texas Hemp Business Council more than 30 years of government affairs experience, serving clients in highly regulated industries such as alcohol, vaping, healthcare and tobacco. In addition to helping launch and grow a number of industry trade associations, Bordas has been instrumental in organizing and developing a wide range of successful state, and federal legislative and regulatory campaigns.
“Mark’s extensive background navigating complex regulatory landscapes, along with his work building trade associations, will surely benefit the Texas Hemp Business Council as our executive director, particularly now as the hemp industry here in Texas and nationally is being threatened by potential bans and senseless overregulation,” said Cynthia Cabrera, founding board member of Texas Hemp Business Council and chief strategy officer at Hometown Hero. “His industry knowledge and strategic acumen will be crucial in advancing THBC’s goals.”
Bordas works as a government affairs specialist in Texas, assisting clients seeking legislative or regulatory relief in single or multiple states through lobbying, grassroots and communication strategies. Prior to that, he served nearly 20 years at Anheuser-Busch in varying roles coordinating legislative and regulatory activities. Bordas also was a founding member of the Texas Association of Manufacturers, and served as the principal organizer of New Mexicans for Fairness and The Texas Brewers Institute (now the Texas Brewers Guild). Earlier in his career, Bordas was executive director of the Ohio Jewelers Association, where he grew the organization’s annual trade show into the fourth largest fine jewelry event in the U.S.
Here is Mark Bordas Lobbying clients: https://www.transparencyusa.org/tx/lobbying/lobbyist/mark-e-bordas-53187
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