Supplement: TX HB4642 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (Introduced)
For additional supplements on Texas HB4642 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances and the enforcement and prevention of those offenses; creating a criminal offense.
Status: 2023-05-12 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB4642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4642-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
Bill Title: Relating to offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances and the enforcement and prevention of those offenses; creating a criminal offense.
Status: 2023-05-12 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB4642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4642-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
TO: |
Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety |
FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
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IN RE: |
HB4642 by Guillen (Relating to the State's ability to combat lethal poisonings, creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced |
The fiscal implications cannot be determined due to a lack of data to estimate the prevalence of conduct outlined in the bill's provisions that would be a criminal offense and would be dependent on the number of offenses committed and the subsequent penalties.
The bill would establish a Lethal Poisoning Prevention Task Force and require the Department of Public Safety to establish and administer a lethal poisoning prevention training program. It is assumed that any costs associated with these provisions could be absorbed using existing resources.
The bill would create the criminal offense of lethal poisoning for the manufacture, delivery, or trafficking of a lethal poison consisting wholly or partly of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative of fentanyl which results in the death of an individual as a result of injecting, ingesting, or introducing the lethal poison into the individual's body. The fiscal impact and impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources related to the criminal offense cannot be determined due to a lack of data to estimate the prevalence of conduct outlined in the bill's provisions and would be dependent on the number of offenses committed and the subsequent penalties.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal impact to units of local government cannot be determined and would be dependent on the number of offenses committed and the subsequent penalties.
Source Agencies: b > td > | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 529 Health and Human Services Commission |
LBB Staff: b > td > | JMc, DDel, LBO, KFB, DA |