UP TO $2,000. PLANO WILL COLLECT

A 7% OCCUPANCY TAX FROM AIRBNB

PROPERTIES. >>> A BILL TO LEGALIZE HEMP AND

CBD OIL IN TEXAS CRUISED AHEAD

IN THE TEXAS HOUSE.

THE QUESTION IS WILL IT GET HUNG

UP IN THE

CITY. >> IF THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T

ARREST

TEXANS FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF ARREST FOR BUYING

CBD PRODUCTS SOLD IN A

GROWING NUMBER OF

STORES. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

HAS THE LATEST FROM AUSTIN. >> THE HOUSE WILL COME TO

ORDER. >> Reporter: THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY FOR THE BIG CBD

DEBATE, BUT INSTEAD THERE WAS

NONE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY

AYE. ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED, SAY

NAY. THE AYES HAVE

IT. >> Reporter: JUST THAT FAST

THE HOUSE ADVANCED THE BILL WITHOUT

A SINGLE MEMBER STANDING UP TO

OPPOSE

IT. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES ONE OF THE BILL'S KEY SUPPORTERS SAID SOME

MEMBERS PRIVATELY RAISED

CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER

LEGALIZING A PLANT THAT

LOOKS LIKE POT MIGHT BE

THE FIRST STEP TO LEGALIZING POT

ITSELF. >> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF

MEMBERS, PEOPLE THAT HAD CONCERNS. I TALKED TO THEM.

THEY SAID, LOOK, I'M JUST

NOT GOING TO WEED INTO THE WEEDS OF

IT AND, YOU KNOW -- BUT THEY

HAVE NO

OPPOSITION. >> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER SAYS HE REASSURED

MEMBERS HEMP USED TO MAKE CBD

CONTAINS LITTLE OR NO THC

AND CANNOT GIVE PEOPLE A HIGH.

ANOTHER REP FROM NORTH TEXAS

SAYS HIS OFFICE HAD A FLURRY OF

CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS, ALL

SUPPORTING CBD

PRODUCTS WHICH MANY TEXANS ALREADY BUY IN A

GRAY MARKET TO TREAT PAIN AND

OTHER PROBLEMS. >> AND IN THIS PARTICULAR BILL

WE'VE HAD 102 PEOPLE

SAY THEY'RE FOR THE BILL AND NO ONE OPPOSED

IT. WE NEVER SEE

THAT. SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF

EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE BILL.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT THERE ARE

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE

SENATE WILL SHARE THE

EXCITEMENT. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN

PATRICK, WHO HAS GREAT POWER TO BLOCK

LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE,

HAS NOT SAID WHETHER HE SUPPORTS

LEGALIZING HEMP FARMING AND

CBD, LEAVING THE TEXAS

HEMP ASSOCIATION TO WONDER WHAT

HE WILL DO. >> HAVE YOU GOTTEN AN INDICATION

FROM

HIM? >> NOT

PERSONALLY. >> Reporter: WE CONTACTED

PATRICK'S SPOKESMAN WHO

SAID HE WOULD SEND US A STATEMENT BUT BY

EVENING THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

ADVOCATES ARE HOPEFUL. >> DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN

POSITIVE SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC TO

SEE IT MOVE

FORWARD. >> Reporter: WITHOUT

DECISIVE ACTION FROM THE LEGISLATURE THIS

YEAR, CONSUMERS WOULD HAVE TO

WAIT TWO MORE YEARS TO CLEAR UP

CBD CONFUSION WITH THE NEXT

LEGISLATIVE SESSION SCHEDULED

IN 2021 AND STORES ACROSS THE STATE

CONTINUING TO SELL

CBD PRODUCTS IN A MARKET WITH VERY

MURKY RULES. IN AUSTIN, SCOTT FRIEDMAN, NBC 5

INVESTIGATES. >> THAT HEMP CBD BILL