Texas hemp businesses can continue selling cannabis flower and concentrates for now after a Travis County judge blocked key portions of the state’s new hemp regulations while a legal challenge moves forward.
The judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction preventing state health officials from enforcing a new “total delta-9 THC” standard that would have counted THCA toward the legal THC limit for consumable hemp products.
THCA is a naturally occurring compound in cannabis that converts into delta-9 THC when heated or smoked.
The ruling also blocks enforcement of related transport restrictions, sharply increased licensing and registration fees, and a penalty structure that would have treated each day of certain violations as a separate offense.
The state is expected to appeal the temporary injunction.
