H.B. No. 6

	AN ACT
	relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl
	toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal
	penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a
	criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 193.005, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
	(e-1)  The medical certification on a death certificate must
	include either the term "Fentanyl Poisoning" or the term "Fentanyl
	Toxicity" if:
	(1)  a toxicology examination reveals a controlled
	substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B present in the body of the
	decedent in an amount or concentration that is considered to be
	lethal by generally accepted scientific standards; and
	(2)  the results of an autopsy performed on the
	decedent are consistent with an opioid overdose as the cause of
	death.
	SECTION 2.  Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 481.102.  PENALTY GROUP 1.  Penalty Group 1 consists
	of:
	(1)  the following opiates, including their isomers,
	esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers,
	unless specifically excepted, if the existence of these isomers,
	esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical
	designation:
	[Alfentanil;]
	Allylprodine;
	Alphacetylmethadol;
	Benzethidine;
	Betaprodine;
	Clonitazene;
	Diampromide;
	Diethylthiambutene;
	Difenoxin not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
	Dimenoxadol;
	Dimethylthiambutene;
	Dioxaphetyl butyrate;
	Dipipanone;
	Ethylmethylthiambutene;
	Etonitazene;
	Etoxeridine;
	Furethidine;
	Hydroxypethidine;
	Ketobemidone;
	Levophenacylmorphan;
	Meprodine;
	Methadol;
	Moramide;
	Morpheridine;
	Noracymethadol;
	Norlevorphanol;
	Normethadone;
	Norpipanone;
	Phenadoxone;
	Phenampromide;
	Phenomorphan;
	Phenoperidine;
	Piritramide;
	Proheptazine;
	Properidine;
	Propiram;
	[Sufentanil;]
	Tilidine; and
	Trimeperidine;
	(2)  the following opium derivatives, their salts,
	isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, if the
	existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible
	within the specific chemical designation:
	Acetorphine;
	Acetyldihydrocodeine;
	Benzylmorphine;
	Codeine methylbromide;
	Codeine-N-Oxide;
	Cyprenorphine;
	Desomorphine;
	Dihydromorphine;
	Drotebanol;
	Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt;
	Heroin;
	Hydromorphinol;
	Methyldesorphine;
	Methyldihydromorphine;
	Monoacetylmorphine;
	Morphine methylbromide;
	Morphine methylsulfonate;
	Morphine-N-Oxide;
	Myrophine;
	Nicocodeine;
	Nicomorphine;
	Normorphine;
	Pholcodine; and
	Thebacon;
	(3)  the following substances, however produced,
	except those narcotic drugs listed in another group:
	(A)  Opium and opiate not listed in Penalty Group
	3 or 4, and a salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or
	opiate, other than thebaine derived butorphanol, nalmefene and its
	salts, naloxone and its salts, and naltrexone and its salts, but
	including:
	Codeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
	Dihydroetorphine;
	Ethylmorphine not listed in Penalty Group 3
	or 4;
	Granulated opium;
	Hydrocodone not listed in Penalty Group 3;
	Hydromorphone;
	Metopon;
	Morphine not listed in Penalty Group 3;
	Opium extracts;
	Opium fluid extracts;
	Oripavine;
	Oxycodone;
	Oxymorphone;
	Powdered opium;
	Raw opium;
	Thebaine; and
	Tincture of opium;
	(B)  a salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
	preparation of a substance that is chemically equivalent or
	identical to a substance described by Paragraph (A), other than the
	isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
	(C)  Opium poppy and poppy straw;
	(D)  Cocaine, including:
	(i)  its salts, its optical, position, and
	geometric isomers, and the salts of those isomers;
	(ii)  coca leaves and a salt, compound,
	derivative, or preparation of coca leaves; and
	(iii)  a salt, compound, derivative, or
	preparation of a salt, compound, or derivative that is chemically
	equivalent or identical to a substance described by Subparagraph
	(i) or (ii), other than decocainized coca leaves or extractions of
	coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; and
	(E)  concentrate of poppy straw, meaning the crude
	extract of poppy straw in liquid, solid, or powder form that
	contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy;
	(4)  the following opiates, including their isomers,
	esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, if the existence of
	these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the
	specific chemical designation:
	[Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(1-methyl-2-
	phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide);
	[Alpha-methylthiofentanyl (N-[1-methyl-2-(2-
	thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);]
	Alphaprodine;
	Anileridine;
	[Beta-hydroxyfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-
	phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl] -N-phenylpropanamide);
	[Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl;]
	Bezitramide;
	[Carfentanil;]
	Dihydrocodeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
	Diphenoxylate not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4;
	Isomethadone;
	Levomethorphan;
	Levorphanol;
	Metazocine;
	Methadone;
	Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-
	4, 4-diphenyl butane;
	[3-methylfentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-
	4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
	[3-methylthiofentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)
	ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);]
	Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,
	1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid;
	[Para-fluorofentanyl(N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-1-(2-
	phenylethyl)-4-piperidinylpropanamide);]
	PEPAP (1-(2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-
	acetoxypiperidine);
	Pethidine (Meperidine);
	Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-
	phenylpiperidine;
	Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-
	phenylpiperidine-4 carboxylate;
	Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-
	phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid;
	Phenazocine;
	Piminodine;
	Racemethorphan; and
	Racemorphan;
	[Remifentanil; and
	[Thiofentanyl(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-
	piperidinyl]-propanamide);]
	(5)  Flunitrazepam (trade or other name: Rohypnol);
	(6)  Methamphetamine, including its salts, optical
	isomers, and salts of optical isomers;
	(7)  Phenylacetone and methylamine, if possessed
	together with intent to manufacture methamphetamine;
	(8)  Phencyclidine, including its salts;
	(9)  Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (some trade or other
	names: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB), including its salts;
	(10)  Ketamine;
	(11)  Phenazepam;
	(12)  U-47700;
	(13)  AH-7921;
	(14)  ADB-FUBINACA;
	(15)  AMB-FUBINACA; and
	(16)  MDMB-CHMICA.
	SECTION 3.  Section 481.1022, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 481.1022.  PENALTY GROUP 1-B.  Penalty Group 1-B
	consists of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters,
	ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, if the
	existence of these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible
	within the specific chemical designation:
	Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(1-methyl-2-
	phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide);
	Alfentanil;
	Alpha-methylthiofentanyl (N-[1-methyl-2-(2-
	thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
	Beta-hydroxyfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-
	phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl] -N-phenylpropanamide);
	Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl;
	Carfentanil;
	Fentanyl [fentanyl], alpha-methylfentanyl, and
	any other derivative of fentanyl;
	3-methylfentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-
	4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
	3-methylthiofentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)
	ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide);
	Para-fluorofentanyl(N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-1-(2-
	phenylethyl)-4-piperidinylpropanamide);
	Remifentanil;
	Sufentanil; and
	Thiofentanyl(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-
	piperidinyl]-propanamide).
	SECTION 4.  Sections 481.112(e) and (f), Health and Safety
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 200 grams or
	more but less than 400 grams.
	(f)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 15 years, and a fine not to exceed $250,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or
	more.
	SECTION 5.  Section 481.1121(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under this section is:
	(1)  a state jail felony if the number of abuse units of
	the controlled substance is fewer than 20;
	(2)  a felony of the second degree if the number of
	abuse units of the controlled substance is 20 or more but fewer than
	80;
	(3)  a felony of the first degree if the number of abuse
	units of the controlled substance is 80 or more but fewer than
	4,000; and
	(4)  a felony of the first degree punishable by
	imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life
	or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 15 years and a
	fine not to exceed $250,000, if the number of abuse units of the
	controlled substance is 4,000 or more.
	SECTION 6.  Sections 481.1123(b), (d), (e), and (f), Health
	and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a [state jail] felony
	of the third degree if the amount of the controlled substance to
	which the offense applies is, by aggregate weight, including
	adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram.
	(d)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $20,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, four grams or
	more but less than 200 grams.
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 15 years, and a fine not to exceed $200,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 200 grams or
	more but less than 400 grams.
	(f)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 20 years, and a fine not to exceed $500,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or
	more.
	SECTION 7.  Section 481.113(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or
	more.
	SECTION 8.  Section 481.114(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by
	aggregate weight, including any adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams
	or more.
	SECTION 9.  Section 481.115(f), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(f)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount
	of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight,
	including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or more.
	SECTION 10.  Section 481.1151(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under this section is:
	(1)  a state jail felony if the number of abuse units of
	the controlled substance is fewer than 20;
	(2)  a felony of the third degree if the number of abuse
	units of the controlled substance is 20 or more but fewer than 80;
	(3)  a felony of the second degree if the number of
	abuse units of the controlled substance is 80 or more but fewer than
	4,000;
	(4)  a felony of the first degree if the number of abuse
	units of the controlled substance is 4,000 or more but fewer than
	8,000; and
	(5)  a felony of the first degree punishable by
	imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life
	or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 15 years and a
	fine not to exceed $250,000, if the number of abuse units of the
	controlled substance is 8,000 or more.
	SECTION 11.  Section 481.116(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than five years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, if the
	amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate
	weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or more.
	SECTION 12.  Section 481.1161(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under this section is:
	(1)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of the
	controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including
	adulterants or dilutants, two ounces or less;
	(2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of the
	controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including
	adulterants or dilutants, four ounces or less but more than two
	ounces;
	(3)  a state jail felony if the amount of the controlled
	substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants
	or dilutants, five pounds or less but more than four ounces;
	(4)  a felony of the third degree if the amount of the
	controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including
	adulterants or dilutants, 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds;
	(5)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of the
	controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including
	adulterants or dilutants, 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50
	pounds; and
	(6)  a felony of the first degree punishable by
	imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life
	or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a
	fine not to exceed $50,000, if the amount of the controlled
	substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants
	or dilutants, more than 2,000 pounds.
	SECTION 13.  Section 481.117(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than five years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, if the
	amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate
	weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or more.
	SECTION 14.  Section 481.118(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
	less than five years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, if the
	amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate
	weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or more.
	SECTION 15.  Section 481.120(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is:
	(1)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
	delivered is one-fourth ounce or less and the person committing the
	offense does not receive remuneration for the marihuana;
	(2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
	delivered is one-fourth ounce or less and the person committing the
	offense receives remuneration for the marihuana;
	(3)  a state jail felony if the amount of marihuana
	delivered is five pounds or less but more than one-fourth ounce;
	(4)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of
	marihuana delivered is 50 pounds or less but more than five pounds;
	(5)  a felony of the first degree if the amount of
	marihuana delivered is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50 pounds;
	and
	(6)  a felony of the first degree punishable by
	imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life
	or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 10 years, and a
	fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount of marihuana delivered is
	more than 2,000 pounds.
	SECTION 16.  Section 481.121(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is:
	(1)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
	possessed is two ounces or less;
	(2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
	possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces;
	(3)  a state jail felony if the amount of marihuana
	possessed is five pounds or less but more than four ounces;
	(4)  a felony of the third degree if the amount of
	marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds;
	(5)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of
	marihuana possessed is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50 pounds;
	and
	(6)  a felony of the first degree punishable by
	imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life
	or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a
	fine not to exceed $50,000, if the amount of marihuana possessed is
	more than 2,000 pounds.
	SECTION 17.  Section 481.126(a), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1)  barters property or expends funds the person knows
	are derived from the commission of a first degree felony [an]
	offense under this chapter punishable by imprisonment in the Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice for life;
	(2)  barters property or expends funds the person knows
	are derived from the commission of an offense under Section
	481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(5);
	(3)  barters property or finances or invests funds the
	person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of
	an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision
	(1); or
	(4)  barters property or finances or invests funds the
	person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of
	an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under
	Section 481.121(b)(5).
	SECTION 18.  Section 481.134(c), Health and Safety Code, as
	amended by Chapters 584 (S.B. 768) and 807 (H.B. 1540), Acts of the
	87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an
	offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or
	(f), 481.1121(b)(2), (3), or (4), 481.1123(b), (c) [481.1123(c)],
	(d), (e), or (f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e),
	481.115(c)-(f), 481.1151(b)(2), (3), (4), or (5), 481.116(c), (d),
	or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e),
	481.118(c), (d), or (e), 481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or
	481.121(b)(4), (5), or (6) is increased by five years and the
	maximum fine for the offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial
	of the offense that the offense was committed:
	(1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a
	school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a
	playground;
	(2)  on a school bus; or
	(3)  by any unauthorized person 18 years of age or
	older, in, on, or within 1,000 feet of premises owned, rented, or
	leased by a general residential operation operating as a
	residential treatment center.
	SECTION 19.  Section 481.141, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  Punishment may not be increased under this section if
	the defendant is also prosecuted under Section 19.02(b)(4), Penal
	Code, for conduct occurring during the same criminal episode.
	SECTION 20.  Section 19.02, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person [he]:
	(1)  intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an
	individual;
	(2)  intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits
	an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an
	individual; [or]
	(3)  commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than
	manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the
	commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission
	or attempt, the person [he] commits or attempts to commit an act
	clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an
	individual; or
	(4)  knowingly manufactures or delivers a controlled
	substance included in Penalty Group 1-B under Section 481.1022,
	Health and Safety Code, in violation of Section 481.1123, Health
	and Safety Code, and an individual dies as a result of injecting,
	ingesting, inhaling, or introducing into the individual's body any
	amount of the controlled substance manufactured or delivered by the
	actor, regardless of whether the controlled substance was used by
	itself or with another substance, including a drug, adulterant, or
	dilutant.
	(e)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(4)
	that the actor's conduct in manufacturing or delivering the
	controlled substance was authorized under Chapter 481, Health and
	Safety Code, or other state or federal law.
	SECTION 21.  Section 71.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to
	establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the
	profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang,
	the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of the
	following:
	(1)  murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated
	robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping,
	kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual
	assault, continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled
	individual, solicitation of a minor, forgery, deadly conduct,
	assault punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, burglary of a motor
	vehicle, or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle;
	(2)  any gambling offense punishable as a Class A
	misdemeanor;
	(3)  promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion
	of prostitution, or compelling prostitution;
	(4)  unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or
	sale of firearms or prohibited weapons;
	(5)  unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or
	distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or
	unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug
	through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
	(5-a)  causing the unlawful delivery, dispensation, or
	distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug in
	violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code;
	(5-b)  unlawful possession with intent to deliver a
	controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B under Section
	481.1022, Health and Safety Code;
	(6)  any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of
	any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale
	promote the same;
	(7)  any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43,
	depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child
	younger than 18 years of age;
	(8)  any felony offense under Chapter 32;
	(9)  any offense under Chapter 36;
	(10)  any offense under Chapter 34, 35, or 35A;
	(11)  any offense under Section 37.11(a);
	(12)  any offense under Chapter 20A;
	(13)  any offense under Section 37.10;
	(14)  any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or
	38.11;
	(15)  any offense under Section 42.10;
	(16)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14;
	(17)  any offense under Section 20.05 or 20.06;
	(18)  any offense under Section 16.02; or
	(19)  any offense classified as a felony under the Tax
	Code.
	SECTION 22.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
	193.005, Health and Safety Code, applies only to a death that occurs
	on or after the effective date of this Act, or a death that occurs
	before that date but is discovered on or after the effective date of
	this Act.
	SECTION 23.  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
	481, Health and Safety Code, and Sections 19.02 and 71.02, Penal
	Code, apply 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 24.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
	over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
	codes.
	SECTION 25.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 6 was passed by the House on April 28,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 21, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 6 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 10, 2
	present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 6 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor