---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing civil and administrative penalties."
description: "Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing civil and administrative penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1325"
citation: "Texas HB 1325 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)", "HEMP FARMING ACT (P0754)", "HEMP (S0907)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Gutierrez", "King, Tracy O.", "Larson", "Perry", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ed71fc-9d7a-4b61-8156-0ee0ce23c872"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1325.xml"
source_hash: "d8cb835531105534cf0408a321e959bd36984a687fd24d738f6ef180d1a5104c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1325 (86) — Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing civil and administrative penalties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01325I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–3** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-06** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-06** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08ed71fc-9d7a-4b61-8156-0ee0ce23c872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).