Bill Text: TX HB3578 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for delivery of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 1-B to a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB3578 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3578-Introduced.html
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| By: Bumgarner | H.B. No. 3578 | |
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| relating to increasing the criminal penalties for delivery of a | ||
| controlled substance in Penalty Group 1-B to a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 481.122(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
| degree, except that an offense under this section is: | ||
| (1) a felony of the first degree punishable by | ||
| imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life | ||
| or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 20 years, and a | ||
| fine not to exceed $500,000, if the actor delivers a controlled | ||
| substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B to a person described by | ||
| Subsection (a)(1); or | ||
| (2) a capital felony if the actor delivers a | ||
| controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B to a person | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(1) and a child dies as a result of | ||
| injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or introducing into the child's | ||
| body any amount of the controlled substance delivered by the actor, | ||
| regardless of whether the controlled substance was used by itself | ||
| or with another substance, including a drug, adulterant, or | ||
| dilutant. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
