Bill Text: TX SB679 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 1 under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB679 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB679-Introduced.html

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89R3915 RDR-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 679

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 1
under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 481.102. PENALTY GROUP 1. Penalty Group 1 consists
of:
(1) the following opiates, including their isomers,
esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers,
unless specifically excepted, if the existence of these isomers,
esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical
designation:
Allylprodine;
Alphacetylmethadol;
Benzethidine;
Betaprodine;
Clonitazene;
Diampromide;
Diethylthiambutene;
Difenoxin not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
Dimenoxadol;
Dimethylthiambutene;
Dioxaphetyl butyrate;
Dipipanone;
Ethylmethylthiambutene;
Etodesnitazene;
Etonitazene;
Etoxeridine;
Furethidine;
Hydroxypethidine;
Ketobemidone;
Levophenacylmorphan;
Meprodine;
Methadol;
Moramide;
Morpheridine;
Noracymethadol;
Norlevorphanol;
Normethadone;
Norpipanone;
N-pyrrolidino etonitazene;
Phenadoxone;
Phenampromide;
Phenomorphan;
Phenoperidine;
Piritramide;
Proheptazine;
Properidine;
Propiram;
Protonitazene;
Tilidine; and
Trimeperidine;
(2) the following opium derivatives, their salts,
isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, if the
existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible
within the specific chemical designation:
Acetorphine;
Acetyldihydrocodeine;
Benzylmorphine;
Codeine methylbromide;
Codeine-N-Oxide;
Cyprenorphine;
Desomorphine;
Dihydromorphine;
Drotebanol;
Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt;
Heroin;
Hydromorphinol;
Methyldesorphine;
Methyldihydromorphine;
Monoacetylmorphine;
Morphine methylbromide;
Morphine methylsulfonate;
Morphine-N-Oxide;
Myrophine;
Nicocodeine;
Nicomorphine;
Normorphine;
Pholcodine; and
Thebacon;
(3) the following substances, however produced,
except those narcotic drugs listed in another group:
(A) Opium and opiate not listed in Penalty Group
3 or 4, and a salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or
opiate, other than thebaine derived butorphanol, nalmefene and its
salts, naloxone and its salts, and naltrexone and its salts, but
including:
Codeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
Dihydroetorphine;
Ethylmorphine not listed in Penalty Group 3
or 4;
Granulated opium;
Hydrocodone not listed in Penalty Group 3;
Hydromorphone;
Metopon;
Morphine not listed in Penalty Group 3;
Opium extracts;
Opium fluid extracts;
Oripavine;
Oxycodone;
Oxymorphone;
Powdered opium;
Raw opium;
Thebaine; and
Tincture of opium;
(B) a salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
preparation of a substance that is chemically equivalent or
identical to a substance described by Paragraph (A), other than the
isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
(C) Opium poppy and poppy straw;
(D) Cocaine, including:
(i) its salts, its optical, position, and
geometric isomers, and the salts of those isomers;
(ii) coca leaves and a salt, compound,
derivative, or preparation of coca leaves; and
(iii) a salt, compound, derivative, or
preparation of a salt, compound, or derivative that is chemically
equivalent or identical to a substance described by Subparagraph
(i) or (ii), other than decocainized coca leaves or extractions of
coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; and
(E) concentrate of poppy straw, meaning the crude
extract of poppy straw in liquid, solid, or powder form that
contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy;
(4) the following opiates, including their isomers,
esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, if the existence of
these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the
specific chemical designation:
Alphaprodine;
Anileridine;
Bezitramide;
Dihydrocodeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
Diphenoxylate not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
Isomethadone;
Levomethorphan;
Levorphanol;
Metazocine;
Methadone;
Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-
4, 4-diphenyl butane;
Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,
1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid;
PEPAP (1-(2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-
acetoxypiperidine);
Pethidine (Meperidine);
Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-
phenylpiperidine;
Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-
phenylpiperidine-4 carboxylate;
Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-
phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid;
Phenazocine;
Piminodine;
Racemethorphan; and
Racemorphan;
(5) Flunitrazepam (trade or other name: Rohypnol);
(6) Methamphetamine, including its salts, optical
isomers, and salts of optical isomers;
(7) Phenylacetone and methylamine, if possessed
together with intent to manufacture methamphetamine;
(8) Phencyclidine, including its salts;
(9) Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (some trade or other
names: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB), including its salts;
(10) Ketamine;
(11) Phenazepam;
(12) U-47700;
(13) AH-7921;
(14) ADB-FUBINACA;
(15) AMB-FUBINACA; and
(16) MDMB-CHMICA.
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 occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.