Bill Text: TX HB253 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 253 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to testing possible controlled substance evidence for fentanyl.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB253-Introduced.html

	87R525 JSC-D

	By: Murr	H.B. No. 253



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to testing possible controlled substance evidence for
	fentanyl.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 38.51 to read as follows:
	Art. 38.51. EVIDENCE TESTING FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. If
	evidence that may be a controlled substance is submitted to a
	laboratory for testing and it is reasonably possible that the
	substance is or contains fentanyl, a test must be performed to
	determine whether the substance is or contains fentanyl.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to evidence submitted for testing on or after the effective date of
	this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.