The governor appeared to walk back his calls last month for lawmakers to regulate the state’s burgeoning THC industry like it does alcohol.

Hemp backers are sounding off after a newly filed bill to ban THC in Texas has made its way out of committee and will head to the full Senate for a vote. Though the Legislature has 30 days from when the special session kicked off Monday,

Greg Abbott finally broke his silence and said he supports banning intoxicating hemp products on Tuesday. Abbott's signal that he would back prohibiting consumable THC products comes after he swooped in with a late-night veto of Senate Bill 3,