Consumable Hemp Products

This page provides information about TABC’s rules on consumable hemp products (CHPs), which prohibit TABC license and permit holders from supplying CHPs to minors and require them to perform age verification. This page also provides information about how TABC is coordinating with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to enforce certain CHP regulations under that agency’s jurisdiction.

TABC initiated these efforts in September 2025 to implement Executive Order GA-56 and to fulfill our duty under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code to protect the general welfare of the public.

This page was last updated on Feb. 20, 2026.

TABC has two rules related to CHPs. These rules only apply to holders of a TABC license or permit. However, holding a TABC license or permit does not authorize a business to engage in the CHP industry. Any business that wants to engage in the CHP industry must first get proper authorization from DSHS.

Note: Non-intoxicating products containing hemp seed or hemp seed-derived ingredients that are generally recognized as safe by the FDA, like many lotions and shampoos containing hemp, are not subject to TABC’s CHP rules.

A TABC license or permit holder is prohibited from selling, offering to sell, serving, or delivering a consumable hemp product to a person who is under 21.

There is no violation for supplying a CHP to a minor if all the following occurred:

• The business complied with the requirement to check ID described below.
• The minor falsely represented themself to be 21 or older.
• The business reasonably believed the minor was 21 or older.

If a TABC license or permit holder commits a violation by supplying a CHP to a minor, their TABC license or permit will be temporarily suspended or canceled.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 11.61(b)(7) and Section 61.71(a)(16), TABC Rule 35.5, and Executive Order GA-56.

A TABC license or permit holder must carefully inspect a person’s ID and verify they are 21 or older before completing the sale, service, or delivery of a consumable hemp product with that person.

The person’s ID must meet all the following requirements:

• Issued by a government agency (e.g., driver’s license, passport, military ID).
• Unexpired.
• Includes a physical description and photo consistent with the person’s appearance.
• Purports to establish that the person is 21 or older.
• Appears to be valid.

If a TABC license or permit holder commits a violation by failing to comply with these age verification requirements, their TABC license or permit will be temporarily suspended or canceled.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 11.61(b)(7) and Section 61.71(a)(16), TABC Rule 35.6, and Executive Order GA-56.

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is the state agency responsible for regulating the CHP industry in Texas. They oversee licensing, registration, product labeling, sales, and more among manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of CHPs. For information about these regulations, visit the DSHS Consumable Hemp Program page.

TABC is coordinating with DSHS to enforce certain CHP regulations under that agency’s jurisdiction, pursuant to Executive Order GA-56, by taking the following actions:

• Inspecting certain businesses licensed by or registered with DSHS – some of which do not hold a TABC license,
• Assessing whether those businesses are complying with DSHS’s CHP regulations,
• Documenting any CHP violations observed and issuing citations, and
• Reporting those citations to DSHS to process and enforce.

If you suspect a business is violating a state CHP regulation, you can report it to TABC by visiting AIMS and clicking the File a Complaint button.

1. When TABC’s online form asks you for the business’s license number and license type, you may leave this blank if you don’t know it, fill in the other information on the page, and then click the SEARCH button.
2. If the business you’re filing a complaint about doesn’t appear as an option during your search, you can go to the bottom of the page and click the BACK TO SEARCH button to make sure you entered the correct information or you can click the DID NOT FIND button if you know you entered the correct information or if you know the location doesn’t have a TABC license or permit.
3. If you click the DID NOT FIND button, you will be asked to re-enter the address information for the business you’re filing a complaint about and then you will be able to explain your complaint and file it with TABC.

You may also report suspected violations of CHP regulations to DSHS. Visit the DSHS Consumable Hemp Program page.

Executive Order GA-56 directs TABC, DSHS, Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service, and other relevant agencies to jointly conduct a study on implementing hemp regulations similar to those proposed in House Bill 309, 89th Texas Legislature, Second Called Session.

TABC will be diligently working with the relevant agencies to ensure the study directed by the governor is completed before the start of the Texas Legislature’s 90th Regular Session.

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For information about the regulations that apply to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of CHPs — such as licensing, registration, labeling, and other requirements — visit the DSHS Consumable Hemp Program page.

To learn more about growing, harvesting, handling, and transporting industrial hemp, visit the Texas Department of Agriculture's Industrial Hemp Program page.