The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as he called for more regulations instead.

Dan Patrick supports the bill, citing loopholes in hemp law exploited by "bad actors," health risks to children from THC products marketed like candy, and backing from law enforcement, medical associations,

Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a low-security Texas prison despite a policy barring sex offenders. Ariana Triggs. More Videos

The federal Bureau of Prisons said that Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker recently interviewed by the Justice Department, had been transferred to a low-security lockup in Bryan, Texas, but did not explain the circumstances.

Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Maxwell had been transferred to Bryan,