Texas Governor Greg Abbott has until June 22 to sign or veto two significant marijuana-related bills recently approved by the state legislature.
If he takes no action by the deadline, both measures will automatically become law without his signature.
The first bill, House Bill 46, would expand the state’s limited medical marijuana program by adding chronic pain, terminal illness, and traumatic brain injury to the list of qualifying conditions. It would also increase the number of licensed dispensaries from three to fifteen and authorize additional consumption methods such as patches and inhalers.
Continue reading