Texas’ hemp bill, back from the dead

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As Texas lawmakers fight over whether to redraw their Congressional map to favor Republicans, the state Senate passed a bill which would ban intoxicating hemp products, hitting the state’s multi-billion dollar industry. Several weeks ago, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a similar bill. The Senate’s response departs from his directive to regulate the products.

Cannabis Business Times reports: “In Texas, special sessions can last no longer than 30 days. This means the Legislature would need to send Abbott S.B. 6 by Sept. 3—10 days before the sine die adjournment date—to retain its power to override a potential veto. The last time the Texas Legislature overrode a veto was 1979.”

• The Houston Chronicle editorializes that Texas’ reincarnated hemp ban bill won’t make consumers safer. The Texas Tribune has more on the bill’s progress.

Federal:

• Could the U.S. Supreme Court help weed if Trump doesn’t?
  MJBiz
• Catholic scholars urged caution on rescheduling.
  Catholic News Agency
• A federal appeals court in Florida delivered a win for MED patients who want to own guns.
  Marijuana Moment

Business:

• Longtime weed scribe Debra Borchardt wrote about how the cannabiz works around its lack of access to Wall Street.
  High Times
• Lender FundCanna launched a B2B Buy Now Pay Later platform.
• Massachusetts consultant Ezra Parzybrook argues mold in cannabis is not a significant public health threat.
  MJBiz
• A veteran and U.S. citizen detained during the July Glass House raid in California is suing the feds.
  KTLA
• Sensitive MED patient data was exposed by an Ohio shop.
  Wired
• MJBiz profiles Michigan pot shop owner Jerry Millen as he embarks on a new project: reality show Cannabiz Rescue, which he’s pitching to streaming services.
• Benzinga’s cannabis events are splitting into a new company IgniteIt, let by Patrick Lane.

State and local:

• A Michigan lab tied up in a four-year lawsuit over potency inflation is going out of business.
  Crain’s Detroit
• Ohio lawmakers scrapped the state’s equity program.
  Crain’s Cleveland
• A New York City shop sued the state over its recent realization that dozens dispensaries are too close to schools.
• New York’s track and trace system will be delayed for months.
  Spectrum
• Injustice Watch reports on a rogue Illinois lab that got people arrested for driving high.
• In Massachusetts, two potential ballot initiatives would end REC sales.
  Boston.com
• Minnesota shops have licenses but no product.
  KMSP
• Massachusetts is one step closer to public cannabis spaces.
  State House News Service
• A commission heard roadmaps for Virginia’s REC rollout.
  Virginia Mercury
• A landlord sued a Tampa Surterra shop over unpaid rent.
  BizJournals

R.I.P.

• Here’s the NYTimes obituary of Richard Lee, the “Johnny Appleseed of pot” and an Oakland-based force in California’s legalization movement.

Fun and interesting:

• Fat Nugs Mag has a new photo gallery featuring feature, Faces of Cannabis, from the California State Fair and Dead & Co.‘s recent run in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

State:

• The legislature is ready to take up the proposed pot tax hike repeal bill AB 564.
  Bloomberg Law
• United Cannabis Business Association’s Jonatan Cvetko posted on a “very likely true” rumor that bill AB 8 will be expanded to allow hemp products to be sold at all retailers, not just dispensaries.

Business:

• Metrc introduced a direct to consumer product recall feature in the state.
• Leef Brands closed a C$2.09M oversubscribed public placement.
• The Santa Barbara Co. DA reached a $620,000 settlement in an environmental protection lawsuit against Raw Garden parent Central Coast Agriculture. While the company strives to position itself as a leader in clean weed, the case involved the use of diesel generators, which farmers of other crops are often allowed to use.
  Pacific Coast Business Times

Local:

• A San Diego shop is threatening to sue the city over its failure to shut down an unlicensed shop that operates out of a nearby tent.
  San Diego Union-Tribune
• Santa Barbara Co. supes approved a new acreage cap for grows.
  SB Independent
• Fresno Co. cut ties with a needle exchange clinic.
  SJVSun
• The Round Valley Indian Tribes are fighting a Mendocino Co.’s attempt to toss their federal lawsuit claiming illegal raids on their territory.
• Could Paso Robles (SLO Co.) get pot shops?
  The Tribune
• State and local agencies are stepping up enforcement in the Emerald Triangle to address environmental and labor issues at unlicensed farms.
  KymKemp