88R3391 CJD-D
 
  By: Collier H.B. No. 382
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a defense to prosecution for the possession of certain
  consumable hemp products containing a controlled substance or
  marihuana.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 481.111, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  A person does not commit an offense under this
  subchapter involving the possession of a controlled substance or
  marihuana if:
               (1)  the person possesses a product that purports by
  the product's label to contain a consumable hemp product that is
  authorized under state or federal law;
               (2)  the product described by Subdivision (1) contains
  a controlled substance or marihuana, other than the substances
  extracted from hemp in the concentrations authorized under
  Subchapter E, Chapter 443; and
               (3)  the person purchased the product described by
  Subdivision (1) from a retailer the person reasonably believed was
  authorized to sell a consumable hemp product.
         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 on the date 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, 2023.