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Texas House Bill HB3985

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11 84R16480 GCB-F
22 By: Dukes H.B. No. 3985
33 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3985:
44 By: Herrero C.S.H.B. No. 3985
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77 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
88 AN ACT
99 relating to the prosecution and punishment of the use of
1010 benzodiazepines or gamma butyrolactone to facilitate the
1111 commission of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and the
1212 addition of gamma butyrolactone to Penalty Group 1 of the Texas
1313 Controlled Substances Act for purposes of criminal prosecution;
1414 amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
1515 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1616 SECTION 1. Section 22.021(a), Penal Code, is amended to
1717 read as follows:
1818 (a) A person commits an offense:
1919 (1) if the person:
2020 (A) intentionally or knowingly:
2121 (i) causes the penetration of the anus or
2222 sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's
2323 consent;
2424 (ii) causes the penetration of the mouth of
2525 another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that
2626 person's consent; or
2727 (iii) causes the sexual organ of another
2828 person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the
2929 mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the
3030 actor; or
3131 (B) intentionally or knowingly:
3232 (i) causes the penetration of the anus or
3333 sexual organ of a child by any means;
3434 (ii) causes the penetration of the mouth of
3535 a child by the sexual organ of the actor;
3636 (iii) causes the sexual organ of a child to
3737 contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another
3838 person, including the actor;
3939 (iv) causes the anus of a child to contact
4040 the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the
4141 actor; or
4242 (v) causes the mouth of a child to contact
4343 the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and
4444 (2) if:
4545 (A) the person:
4646 (i) causes serious bodily injury or
4747 attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the
4848 course of the same criminal episode;
4949 (ii) by acts or words places the victim in
5050 fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under
5151 Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious
5252 bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any
5353 person;
5454 (iii) by acts or words occurring in the
5555 presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the
5656 victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or
5757 to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any
5858 person;
5959 (iv) uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the
6060 course of the same criminal episode;
6161 (v) acts in concert with another who
6262 engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the
6363 same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal
6464 episode; or
6565 (vi) administers or provides a
6666 benzodiazepine, flunitrazepam, otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma
6767 butyrolactone, gamma hydroxybutyrate, or ketamine to the victim of
6868 the offense with the intent of facilitating the commission of the
6969 offense;
7070 (B) the victim is younger than 14 years of age; or
7171 (C) the victim is an elderly individual or a
7272 disabled individual.
7373 SECTION 2. Section 22.021(b), Penal Code, is amended by
7474 adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
7575 (3) "Benzodiazepine" means any drug included in the
7676 class of drugs of the same name, that:
7777 (A) produce a depressant effect on the central
7878 nervous system; and
7979 (B) are characterized by a benzene ring fused to
8080 a seven-member diazepine ring.
8181 SECTION 3. Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, is
8282 amended to read as follows:
8383 Sec. 481.102. PENALTY GROUP 1. Penalty Group 1 consists of:
8484 (1) the following opiates, including their isomers,
8585 esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers,
8686 unless specifically excepted, if the existence of these isomers,
8787 esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical
8888 designation:
8989 Alfentanil;
9090 Allylprodine;
9191 Alphacetylmethadol;
9292 Benzethidine;
9393 Betaprodine;
9494 Clonitazene;
9595 Diampromide;
9696 Diethylthiambutene;
9797 Difenoxin not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
9898 Dimenoxadol;
9999 Dimethylthiambutene;
100100 Dioxaphetyl butyrate;
101101 Dipipanone;
102102 Ethylmethylthiambutene;
103103 Etonitazene;
104104 Etoxeridine;
105105 Furethidine;
106106 Hydroxypethidine;
107107 Ketobemidone;
108108 Levophenacylmorphan;
109109 Meprodine;
110110 Methadol;
111111 Moramide;
112112 Morpheridine;
113113 Noracymethadol;
114114 Norlevorphanol;
115115 Normethadone;
116116 Norpipanone;
117117 Phenadoxone;
118118 Phenampromide;
119119 Phenomorphan;
120120 Phenoperidine;
121121 Piritramide;
122122 Proheptazine;
123123 Properidine;
124124 Propiram;
125125 Sufentanil;
126126 Tilidine; and
127127 Trimeperidine;
128128 (2) the following opium derivatives, their salts,
129129 isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, if the
130130 existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible
131131 within the specific chemical designation:
132132 Acetorphine;
133133 Acetyldihydrocodeine;
134134 Benzylmorphine;
135135 Codeine methylbromide;
136136 Codeine-N-Oxide;
137137 Cyprenorphine;
138138 Desomorphine;
139139 Dihydromorphine;
140140 Drotebanol;
141141 Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt;
142142 Heroin;
143143 Hydromorphinol;
144144 Methyldesorphine;
145145 Methyldihydromorphine;
146146 Monoacetylmorphine;
147147 Morphine methylbromide;
148148 Morphine methylsulfonate;
149149 Morphine-N-Oxide;
150150 Myrophine;
151151 Nicocodeine;
152152 Nicomorphine;
153153 Normorphine;
154154 Pholcodine; and
155155 Thebacon;
156156 (3) the following substances, however produced,
157157 except those narcotic drugs listed in another group:
158158 (A) Opium and opiate not listed in Penalty Group
159159 3 or 4, and a salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or
160160 opiate, other than thebaine derived butorphanol, nalmefene and its
161161 salts, naloxone and its salts, and naltrexone and its salts, but
162162 including:
163163 Codeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
164164 Dihydroetorphine;
165165 Ethylmorphine not listed in Penalty Group 3
166166 or 4;
167167 Granulated opium;
168168 Hydrocodone not listed in Penalty Group 3;
169169 Hydromorphone;
170170 Metopon;
171171 Morphine not listed in Penalty Group 3;
172172 Opium extracts;
173173 Opium fluid extracts;
174174 Oripavine;
175175 Oxycodone;
176176 Oxymorphone;
177177 Powdered opium;
178178 Raw opium;
179179 Thebaine; and
180180 Tincture of opium;
181181 (B) a salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
182182 preparation of a substance that is chemically equivalent or
183183 identical to a substance described by Paragraph (A), other than the
184184 isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
185185 (C) Opium poppy and poppy straw;
186186 (D) Cocaine, including:
187187 (i) its salts, its optical, position, and
188188 geometric isomers, and the salts of those isomers;
189189 (ii) coca leaves and a salt, compound,
190190 derivative, or preparation of coca leaves;
191191 (iii) a salt, compound, derivative, or
192192 preparation of a salt, compound, or derivative that is chemically
193193 equivalent or identical to a substance described by Subparagraph
194194 (i) or (ii), other than decocainized coca leaves or extractions of
195195 coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; and
196196 (E) concentrate of poppy straw, meaning the crude
197197 extract of poppy straw in liquid, solid, or powder form that
198198 contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy;
199199 (4) the following opiates, including their isomers,
200200 esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, if the existence of
201201 these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the
202202 specific chemical designation:
203203 Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(1-methyl-2-
204204 phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide);
205205 Alpha-methylthiofentanyl (N-[1-methyl-2-(2-
206206 thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
207207 Alphaprodine;
208208 Anileridine;
209209 Beta-hydroxyfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-
210210 phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl] -N-phenylpropanamide);
211211 Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl;
212212 Bezitramide;
213213 Carfentanil;
214214 Dihydrocodeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
215215 Diphenoxylate not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
216216 Fentanyl or alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other
217217 derivative of Fentanyl;
218218 Isomethadone;
219219 Levomethorphan;
220220 Levorphanol;
221221 Metazocine;
222222 Methadone;
223223 Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-
224224 4, 4-diphenyl butane;
225225 3-methylfentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-
226226 4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
227227 3-methylthiofentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)
228228 ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
229229 Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,
230230 1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid;
231231 Para-fluorofentanyl(N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-1-(2-
232232 phenylethyl)-4-piperidinylpropanamide);
233233 PEPAP (1-(2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-
234234 acetoxypiperidine);
235235 Pethidine (Meperidine);
236236 Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-
237237 phenylpiperidine;
238238 Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-
239239 phenylpiperidine-4 carboxylate;
240240 Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-
241241 phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid;
242242 Phenazocine;
243243 Piminodine;
244244 Racemethorphan;
245245 Racemorphan;
246246 Remifentanil; and
247247 Thiofentanyl(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-
248248 piperidinyl]-propanamide);
249249 (5) Flunitrazepam (trade or other name: Rohypnol);
250250 (6) Methamphetamine, including its salts, optical
251251 isomers, and salts of optical isomers;
252252 (7) Phenylacetone and methylamine, if possessed
253253 together with intent to manufacture methamphetamine;
254254 (8) Phencyclidine, including its salts;
255255 (9) Gamma butyrolactone (trade or other name: GBL);
256256 (10) Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (some trade or other
257257 names: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB), including its salts; and
258258 (11) [(10)] Ketamine.
259259 SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
260260 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
261261 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
262262 governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
263263 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
264264 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
265265 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
266266 before that date.
267267 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.