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| 1 | - | 89R20776 CJD-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Oliverson, Garcia Hernandez, McQueeney, H.B. No. 1644 | |
| 3 | - | Campos | |
| 4 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1644: | |
| 5 | - | By: VanDeaver C.S.H.B. No. 1644 | |
| 1 | + | By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1644 | |
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| 8 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 8 | relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of | |
| 11 | - | testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance | |
| 12 | - | listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine. | |
| 9 | + | testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, | |
| 10 | + | alpha-methylfentanyl, any other derivative of fentanyl, or | |
| 11 | + | xylazine. | |
| 13 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 15 | 14 | amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 15 | (j) This section does not apply to a person who uses, | |
| 17 | - | possesses with intent to use, delivers, possesses with intent to | |
| 18 | - | deliver, or manufactures with intent to deliver testing equipment | |
| 19 | - | that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group | |
| 20 | - | 1-B or xylazine. | |
| 16 | + | possesses with the intent to use, delivers, possesses with intent | |
| 17 | + | to deliver, or manufactures with intent to deliver testing | |
| 18 | + | equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, | |
| 19 | + | alpha-methylfentanyl, any other derivative of fentanyl, or | |
| 20 | + | xylazine. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 24 | 24 | governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, | |
| 25 | 25 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 26 | 26 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 27 | 27 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 28 | 28 | before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |