Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.142 · Subchapter D. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) "Social media platform" has the meaning assigned by Section 120.001, Business & Commerce Code.
(b) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122, involving the delivery of a controlled substance that the defendant used a social media platform in furtherance of the offense, the punishment for the offense is increased to the punishment prescribed by the next higher category of offense, except that the punishment for a felony of the first degree is increased by five years and the maximum fine for the offense is doubled.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (S.B. 1833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.112OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 1.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1121OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 1-A.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1123OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 1-B.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.113OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 2 OR 2-A.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.114OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 3 OR 4.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.119OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE, DELIVERY, OR POSSESSION OF MISCELLANEOUS SUBSTANCES.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.120OFFENSE: DELIVERY OF MARIHUANA.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.122OFFENSE: DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR MARIHUANA TO CHILD.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
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