After the historic blue wave that has hit Texas politics, state lawmakers are already introducing legislation to legalize marijuana.

Democrats scored several key wins last week, including the election of Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin, who unseated Dan Patrick. Goodwin, who opposed the state’s THC ban championed by Patrick, has said Texas lawmakers have several options for changing how the state regulates cannabis.

“There’s been conversations about, do we expand the Texas Compassionate Use Program, which is medicinal marijuana, or do we legalize it altogether?” Goodwin said. "So we still need to have conversations about that.”

Now, legislation is being filed to address those concerns and questions regarding the direction Texas will go when it comes to marijuana and cannabis regulation.

Multiple new pieces of legislation to legalize marijuana and reform cannabis policies in Texas have been prefiled for the 2027 session amid a rush of new bills introduced after Democrats’ sweeping midterm election wins last week.