After a two-and-a-half-hour debate Wednesday night that started as an effort to regulate hemp-based products containing THC, the Texas House gave its initial approval to a complete ban on such products.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/22/522028/texas-house-passes-total-ban-on-thc/

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State Rep. Dennis Paul, R-Houston, has announced he is running for the seat being vacated by state Sen. Mayes Middleton, who is forgoing reelection to run for attorney general.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/05/09/521004/houston-state-rep-dennis-paul-announces-bid-for-texas-senate-with-backing-from-dan-patrick/

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Senate Bill 3 would ban the sale of virtually all consumable hemp products. The House Committee on State Affairs unanimously passed a committee substitute "substantially different" from the original bill.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/01/520314/house-committee-transforms-hemp-ban-into-regulation-and-taxation-bill-setting-up-confrontation-with-senate/

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking to make all THC consumables illegal in Texas. That would take a hemp industry that has grown to roughly $8 billion by his own estimate and drive it underground.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/09/518232/patrick-aims-to-ban-thc-products-as-a-public-health-threat-businesses-and-clients-fear-for-their-survival/

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced his top priority Senate bills for the 2025 legislative session. They include a mix of conservative Republican priorities as well as items that could garner bipartisan support.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/29/512312/patrick-unveils-top-25-legislative-priorities-for-2025/

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The Texas Senate and House filed their respective versions of the 2026-2027 state budget on Wednesday. Both versions set aside an equal amount, $1 billion, to pay for a school vouchers program,

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/01/22/511589/texas-senate-house-unveil-budget-proposals-each-just-over-330-billion/

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has named banning THC as one of his top priorities for the regular session, labeling it Senate Bill 3.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/12/05/507959/patrick-calls-for-blanket-ban-on-sales-of-thc-products/

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Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is calling for the creation of a new state-funded institute dedicated to dementia-related research.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/11/18/506436/patrick-announces-texas-moonshot-program-to-combat-dementia/

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Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and other Houston lawmakers are at the forefront of a senate committee charged with reviewing the way electric utility companies responded to last week's hurricane.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/07/18/494018/lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-fronts-special-senate-committee-after-centerpoints-lackluster-beryl-response/

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President Biden has granted a federal emergency disaster declaration to speed the recovery efforts in 121 Texas counties affected by Hurricane Beryl.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/07/09/493020/biden-federal-emergency-disaster-declaration-texas-beryl/

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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said the Texas Senate will work to pass bail reform legislation named in honor of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray that would effectively deny bail for capital murder suspects.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/06/28/492258/texas-lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-proposes-jocelyns-law-after-12-year-olds-murderers-granted-10-million-bond/

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At grid 'summit' in Houston, Lt. Gov. Patrick and BlackRock make pitch for new power plants

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/02/07/476811/at-grid-summit-in-houston-lt-gov-patrick-and-blackrock-make-pitch-for-new-power-plants/

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