Bastrop just scored a giant new neighbor in the medical cannabis world, as Texas Original has fired up what it calls the largest medical cannabis campus in Texas on a roughly 75,000-square-foot site southeast of Austin.
The new complex pulls nearly every part of the operation under one roof: a hybrid greenhouse, along with manufacturing, testing, and packaging, so the company can grow, process, and ship its products from a single campus. Company leaders say the scale-up is about getting ready for a growing patient pool as Texas slowly widens who qualifies for medical cannabis.
In a press release via Business Wire, Texas Original said the Bastrop campus expands its footprint from about 7,700 square feet to roughly 75,000 square feet. The facility includes a hybrid greenhouse where the company harvested what it describes as the state's first sun-grown medical cannabis, along with extraction, processing, testing, packaging, and statewide delivery logistics.
Calling the new site “the future of medical cannabis in Texas,” CEO Nico Richardson said the company has converted its former Austin site into an authorized satellite pick-up location while continuing to run more than a dozen other pickup points across the state, according to Business Wire. The move, Texas Original notes, is meant to position the company to keep up with rising demand tied to recent state law changes.
As reported by FOX 7 Austin, the Bastrop campus is nearly 10 times larger than Texas Original's previous headquarters and sits southeast of the state capitol. Local coverage highlights the fully vertical setup, from sungrown cultivation to dispensing, which company officials say should help shorten the time it takes for patients to receive prescriptions.
What HB 46 Changes
House Bill 46, the 2025 update to the Texas Compassionate-Use Program, quietly but significantly widens the medical cannabis door. The law broadens the list of qualifying conditions to include chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, Crohn's disease, and terminal or hospice care, and it authorizes pulmonary inhalation methods such as aerosols and vapors when a physician deems them medically necessary. The enrolled bill also creates a framework for licensed dispensing organizations to run approved satellite storage and pickup locations and directs the Department of Public Safety to issue initial dispensing licenses and adopt security rules, according to the enrolled bill text from the Texas Legislature.
How Patients Will See It
For patients, the changes will feel less like a dramatic flip of a switch and more like a series of small but important conveniences.
Under HB 46's satellite rules, dispensaries can operate secure storage locations in different public health regions. Texas Original says that setup will allow for same-day pickups for many patients once the network is fully in place.
Community Impact reports that Texas Original will convert its former Austin headquarters at 12701 Lowden Lane into one of those satellite sites, and that the Bastrop campus is hiring maintenance technicians and manufacturing operators as it ramps up. For patients, those pickup locations and delivery routes will be the first visible signs that the system is changing on the ground.
Regulatory Watch
The real test comes now, as regulators sort out the fine print.
State agencies, including the Department of Public Safety and the Health and Human Services Commission, will be tasked with adopting rules on inhalation devices, product limits, and security protocols for satellite sites. HB 46 requires DPS to act on satellite applications within 180 days and sets caps on tetrahydrocannabinol per package and per inhalation device, according to the enrolled bill text from the Texas Legislature.
The tight timelines and technical rulemaking mean licensed operators and local pickup locations will have to closely align their facilities and procedures with the new legal requirements.
For Bastrop and Austin-area patients, Texas Original's new campus is a highly visible sign that the state's cautious medical cannabis program is starting to scale up. Whether that turns into more neighborhood pickup points, shorter waits, and a broader menu of products will depend on how regulators and dispensaries actually implement HB 46 in the coming months. For now, the Bastrop buildout marks a new phase for Texas Original inside a still restricted but steadily expanding program.
