Bill Text: TX HB2718 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for possession of small amounts of certain controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 2.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2718 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2718-Introduced.html

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87R11716 MCF-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2718

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for possession of small amounts of
certain controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.116, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
an offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor if the
conduct constituting the offense consisted of possessing one
e-cigarette, as defined by Section 161.081, containing
tetrahydrocannabinol or a tetrahydrocannabinol derivative or
analogue.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.