| TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB264 by Huffman (Relating to the addition of a synthetic hallucinogenic substance to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code as it relates to the addition of a synthetic hallucinogenic substance to the list of Penalty Group 2 substances in the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
This analysis assumes the Department of Public Safety could implement the provisions of the bill within existing appropriations. Expanding the list of substances for which possession is a criminal offense is expected to result in increased demands upon the correctional resources of counties or of the state due to longer terms of probation, or longer terms of confinement in county jail, state jail, or prison. For this analysis, it is assumed the number of offenders convicted under the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies.
| Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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| LBB Staff: | UP, LM, ESi, GG
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