A Texas Senate committee on Monday considered legislation that would expand the state's current limited medical cannabis program. The Senate Committee on State Affairs discussed the bill without acting on it, according to a report from online cannabis news outlet Marijuana Moment.
The legislation, HB 46, was passed by the Texas House of Representatives last week. If signed into law, the bill would make significant changes to the state's medical cannabis Compassionate Use Program, which was approved by lawmakers in 2015.
At Monday's Senate committee meeting, Republican Sen. Charles Perry, the sponsor of a HB 46 companion bill in the Senate, SB 1505, said that the legislation is a "work in progress" that would likely be amended before final passage.
"It's currently in the works, and we're still having conversations on what the final product is," Perry said about the bill. "There will be a committee substitute, but it is not back from [Legislative]."
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