Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2567 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R6338 CJD-D
2	2	By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2567
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to equipment used or intended for use in testing or
10	10	analyzing a controlled substance.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 481.002(17), Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(17) "Drug paraphernalia" means equipment, a product,
15	15	or material that is used or intended for use in planting,
16	16	propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing,
17	17	compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing,
18	18	[testing, analyzing,] packaging, repackaging, storing, containing,
19	19	or concealing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter
20	20	or in injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into
21	21	the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter.
22	22	The term includes:
23	23	(A) a kit used or intended for use in planting,
24	24	propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting a species of plant
25	25	that is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance
26	26	may be derived;
27	27	(B) a material, compound, mixture, preparation,
28	28	or kit used or intended for use in manufacturing, compounding,
29	29	converting, producing, processing, or preparing a controlled
30	30	substance;
31	31	(C) an isomerization device used or intended for
32	32	use in increasing the potency of a species of plant that is a
33	33	controlled substance;
34	34	(D) [testing equipment used or intended for use
35	35	in identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or
36	36	purity of a controlled substance;
37	37	[(E)] a scale or balance used or intended for use
38	38	in weighing or measuring a controlled substance;
39	39	(E) [(F)] a dilutant or adulterant, such as
40	40	quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, inositol, nicotinamide, dextrose,
41	41	lactose, or absorbent, blotter-type material, that is used or
42	42	intended to be used to increase the amount or weight of or to
43	43	transfer a controlled substance regardless of whether the dilutant
44	44	or adulterant diminishes the efficacy of the controlled substance;
45	45	(F) [(G)] a separation gin or sifter used or
46	46	intended for use in removing twigs and seeds from or in otherwise
47	47	cleaning or refining marihuana;
48	48	(G) [(H)] a blender, bowl, container, spoon, or
49	49	mixing device used or intended for use in compounding a controlled
50	50	substance;
51	51	(H) [(I)] a capsule, balloon, envelope, or other
52	52	container used or intended for use in packaging small quantities of
53	53	a controlled substance;
54	54	(I) [(J)] a container or other object used or
55	55	intended for use in storing or concealing a controlled substance;
56	56	(J) [(K)] a hypodermic syringe, needle, or other
57	57	object used or intended for use in parenterally injecting a
58	58	controlled substance into the human body; and
59	59	(K) [(L)] an object used or intended for use in
60	60	ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana, cocaine,
61	61	hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, including:
62	62	(i) a metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone,
63	63	plastic, or ceramic pipe with or without a screen, permanent
64	64	screen, hashish head, or punctured metal bowl;
65	65	(ii) a water pipe;
66	66	(iii) a carburetion tube or device;
67	67	(iv) a smoking or carburetion mask;
68	68	(v) a chamber pipe;
69	69	(vi) a carburetor pipe;
70	70	(vii) an electric pipe;
71	71	(viii) an air-driven pipe;
72	72	(ix) a chillum;
73	73	(x) a bong; or
74	74	(xi) an ice pipe or chiller.
75	75	SECTION 2. Sections 481.125(a) and (b), Health and Safety
76	76	Code, are amended to read as follows:
77	77	(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or
78	78	intentionally uses or possesses with intent to use drug
79	79	paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest,
80	80	manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, [test,
81	81	analyze,] pack, repack, store, contain, or conceal a controlled
82	82	substance in violation of this chapter or to inject, ingest,
83	83	inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled
84	84	substance in violation of this chapter.
85	85	(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or
86	86	intentionally delivers, possesses with intent to deliver, or
87	87	manufactures with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia knowing that
88	88	the person who receives or who is intended to receive the drug
89	89	paraphernalia intends that it be used to plant, propagate,
90	90	cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce,
91	91	process, prepare, [test, analyze,] pack, repack, store, contain, or
92	92	conceal a controlled substance in violation of this chapter or to
93	93	inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body
94	94	a controlled substance in violation of this chapter.
95	95	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
96	96	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
97	97	Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
98	98	governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed,
99	99	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
100	100	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
101	101	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
102	102	before that date.
103	103	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.