LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT

87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 21, 2021

TO:
Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB3948 by King, Tracy O. (Relating to the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products; providing administrative penalties; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

The provisions of the bill addressed by this analysis would amend various codes as they relate to the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products.  Under the provisions of the bill, cultivating hemp without a license would be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor under certain circumstances.  

A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed 180 days and in addition to confinement, an optional fine not to exceed $2,000. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the demand for state correctional resources.




Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JMc, AJL, LM, MP