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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.142

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

Known as the Texas Controlled Substances Act

The act spans §§ 481.001 to 481.354 (126 sections).

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (S.B. 1833), Sec. 1, eff

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.