SB 1936

relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled
substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 481.002(50), Health and Safety Code, is
(A)  except as provided by Paragraph (B):
(i)  a single unit on or in any adulterant,
dilutant, or similar carrier medium, including marked or perforated
blotter paper, a tablet, gelatin wafer, sugar cube, or stamp, or
other medium that contains any amount of a controlled substance
listed in Penalty Group 1-A, if the unit is commonly used in abuse
(ii)  each 10 milligrams [quarter-inch
square section] of paper, calculated by rounding the weight down to
the nearest whole number, if the adulterant, dilutant, or carrier
medium is paper not marked or perforated into individual abuse
(B)  if the controlled substance is in liquid or
solid form, 40 micrograms of the controlled substance including any
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
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.