Bill Text: TX HB4508 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to exempting CBD oil from the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4508-Comm_Sub.html
86R10749 GCB-F | ||
By: Lucio III, Zedler | H.B. No. 4508 |
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relating to exempting CBD oil from the Texas Controlled Substances | ||
Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) and amending Subdivision (26) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(2-a) "CBD oil" means a manufacture, derivative, | ||
mixture, or preparation of the plant Cannabis sativa L. that | ||
primarily contains cannabidiol and may contain other cannabinoids, | ||
terpenes, and other compounds found in the plant, but does not | ||
contain, or contains only trace amounts of, delta-9 | ||
tetrahydrocannabinol. | ||
(26) "Marihuana" means the plant Cannabis sativa L., | ||
whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant, and every compound, | ||
manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that | ||
plant or its seeds. The term does not include: | ||
(A) the resin extracted from a part of the plant | ||
or a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or | ||
preparation of the resin; | ||
(B) the mature stalks of the plant or fiber | ||
produced from the stalks; | ||
(C) oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant; | ||
(D) a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, | ||
mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, fiber, oil, or cake; | ||
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(E) the sterilized seeds of the plant that are | ||
incapable of beginning germination; or | ||
(F) CBD oil. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 481.111, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the | ||
possession and delivery of marihuana do not apply to a person who | ||
possesses or delivers CBD oil. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter | ||
D, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, apply to conduct involving | ||
the possession or delivery of CBD oil that occurs before, on, or | ||
after September 1, 2019, except that a final conviction for an | ||
offense that exists on September 1, 2019, is unaffected by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |