87R2463 JSC-F
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 3249
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the arrest of a person for a violation of a
condition of community supervision based on certain drug test
results.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.751, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the judge may not
issue a warrant for a violation of a condition of community
supervision solely because the results of a drug test taken by the
defendant indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was
present in the body of the defendant.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.