Texas

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.002(26) defines marihuana to include seeds, excepting only sterilized seeds incapable of germination and hemp as defined in Agric. Code § 121.001; because the hemp definition covers seeds at ≤0.3% delta-9 THC, viable seed occupies a statutory gray zone, but Texas authorities treat seeds intended for marijuana cultivation as marihuana, and any germination without a TDA hemp producer license (Agric. Code ch. 122) is a criminal offense. The 2025–26 hemp fight — Abbott's June 2025 veto of SB 3 and Executive Order GA-56 (Sept. 2025) with DSHS/TABC 21+ age-verification rules — addressed consumable hemp products, not propagative seed. Note that H.R. 5371 § 781 (P.L. 119-37) will exclude viable seed of high-THC parent plants from the federal hemp definition effective Nov. 12, 2026, closing the seed loophole prospectively.