Texas SB 2024: Statewide Ban on Hemp-Derived Vapes Takes Effect September 2025
By Shawn Hauser, Angela George
Jul 17, 2025
What is Texas Senate Bill 2024 and What Does It Ban?
Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 2024 (SB 2024) enacts a comprehensive ban on a wide range of vape products. Specifically, it prohibits:
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Vapes manufactured in or marketed as being from China
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E-cigarettes that contain intoxicating substances other than nicotine, including hemp-derived cannabinoids
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Vape products disguised as common household items like toys or cosmetics, especially those appealing to minors.
While attention focused heavily on the controversial Senate Bill 3 (SB 3), which sought to institute a widespread prohibition on hemp-derived THC products across Texas and effectively eradicate the state’s massive hemp market, SB 2024 went largely unnoticed as it quietly progressed through the legislature.
For a deeper dive into SB 3 and what its veto means for Texas hemp businesses, see Vicente LLP’s analysis: "Texas Cannabis Legalization: What SB3 Veto Means for Hemp Businesses."
While SB 3 was ultimately vetoed after substantial bipartisan opposition, Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2024 into law on June 20. Although a special legislative session in late July will address potential regulatory frameworks for an adult-use hemp market, SB 2024 ensures one product won’t even have the chance at regulatory consideration absent further legislative action or litigation: hemp-derived cannabinoid vapes.
SB 2024: The Quiet Ban on Hemp-Derived Vape Products
Introduced by Senator Charles Perry in March 2025, SB 2024 in its original form largely sought to prohibit:
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E-cigarettes in shapes or forms of common items easily concealable by minors, such as school or office supplies, toys, and cosmetics
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E-cigarette products manufactured in China.
However, in April, tucked quietly behind the spectacle of the contentious SB 3, SB 2024’s prohibitionary language was expanded to include hemp-derived cannabinoids.
Senator Perry, primary author of SB 3, introduced a new amendment that added language banning any e-cigarette “that contains or is mixed with any cannabinoids, alcohol, kratom, kava, mushrooms, or a derivative of any of those items.” Importantly, the amendment broadens the definition of e-cigarettes to no longer require the product to contain nicotine.
SB 2024 quickly passed the Senate on April 23 with this new language, without any objections or discussion.
How the Texas Legislature Finalized SB 2024’s Vape Ban
The House version of SB 2024, passed on May 28, included a broader provision that would have effectively banned all vapes. However, the Senate refused to concur, but the two congressional bodies ultimately reached a compromise in committee.
The final version of SB 2024 prohibits e-cigarettes that are “wholly or partially manufactured in or marketed as being manufactured” in China or in a country deemed for foreign adversary, with other original bill language intact.
What SB 2024 Means for Cannabinoid Vape Products in Texas
Unless challenged in court, SB 2024 regulations will become effective on September 1, 2025. Other than vape products prescribed under the Texas Compassionate Use Program, this bill institutes a blanket prohibition on all cannabinoid vapes throughout the state.
While the last-minute veto of SB3 temporarily managed to maintain the status quo of the Texas hemp industry, the quiet passage of SB 2024 wholly eliminates hemp-derived cannabinoids from the Texas market.
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