TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB172 by Huffman (Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Groups 1-A and 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for criminal prosecution and other purposes.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code as it relates to the addition of certain substances to the list of Penalty Group 1-A and Penalty Group 2 substances in the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Under current law, possession, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver a Penalty Group 1-A or a Penalty Group 2 substance is punishable at various felony levels and punishment is based on the amount of substance possessed.
Expanding the list of substances for which possession is a criminal offense is expected to result in increased demands upon the correctional resources of the state due to longer terms of probation or longer terms of confinement in state correctional institutions. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill would not significantly impact state correctional populations, programs, or workloads.
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LBB Staff: | UP, LM, ESi
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