House Bill 6
House Author: Goldman et al.
Effective: 9-1-23
Senate Sponsor: Huffman et al.
House Bill 6 amends the Health and Safety Code and Penal Code to revise criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses involving fentanyl and other similar opiates. Among other provisions, the bill provides for increased penalties and punishments for manufacturing or delivering a substance listed in Penalty Group 1‑B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act, includes manufacturing or delivering such a substance that results in death as conduct that constitutes murder, and includes the unlawful possession with intent to deliver such a substance as conduct that constitutes engaging in organized criminal activity. Additionally, the bill requires a designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity on a death certificate under certain circumstances.