HB1750 - Relating to the processing, manufacture, and sale of hemp products for smoking.

  89R4961 JTZ-F     By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 1750       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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 [ not ] authorize a person to   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  [ , as defined by Section   443.001, Health and Safety Code ].          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 [ ; and                [ (4)     the processing or manufacturing of a consumable   hemp product for smoking is prohibited ].          SECTION 3.  Section 443.001(11), Health and Safety Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.