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HB1644 • 2025

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Oliverson | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | McQueeney | Campos | Plesa
Last action
2025-04-24
Official status
04/24/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  3. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  5. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#396

  6. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  7. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  8. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  9. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#346

  12. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  15. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  16. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  17. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  19. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  20. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  23. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  24. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  27. 2024-12-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1644 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R20776 CJD-F

By: Oliverson, Garcia Hernandez, McQueeney,

H.B. No. 1644

Campos, Plesa, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of

testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance

listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j)

This section does not apply to a person who uses,

possesses with intent to use, delivers, possesses with intent to

deliver, or manufactures with intent to deliver testing equipment

that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group

1-B or xylazine.

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 at the time 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.