Bill Text: TX HB289 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the criminal penalty for possession of certain small amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB289 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB289-Introduced.html

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86R2717 LHC-D
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 289

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the criminal penalty for possession of certain small
amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.115(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony
if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by
aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, a usable
quantity that is more than 0.02 grams but less than one gram.
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, 2019.