Bill Text: TX HB2974 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the arrest of a person for a violation of a condition of community supervision based on certain drug test results.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2974 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2974-Introduced.html
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| By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 2974 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the arrest of a person for a violation of a | ||
| condition of community supervision based on certain drug test | ||
| results. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42A.751, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the judge may not | ||
| issue a warrant for a violation of a condition of community | ||
| supervision solely because the results of a drug test taken by the | ||
| defendant indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was | ||
| present in the body of the defendant. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
