89R5124 CJD-D     By: Hancock S.B. No. 1234       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child,   elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain   conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group   1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.041(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c-1)  For purposes of Subsection (c), it is presumed that a   person engaged in conduct that places a child, elderly individual,   or disabled individual in imminent danger of death, bodily injury,   or physical or mental impairment if:                (1)  the person manufactured, possessed, or in any way   introduced into the body of any person the controlled substance   methamphetamine or a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group   1-B, Section 481.1022, Health and Safety Code, in the presence of   the child, elderly individual, or disabled individual;                (2)  the person's conduct related to the proximity or   accessibility of the controlled substance methamphetamine or a   controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B, Section 481.1022,   Health and Safety Code, to the child, elderly individual, or   disabled individual and an analysis of a specimen of the child's or   individual's blood, urine, or other bodily substance indicates the   presence of methamphetamine or a controlled substance listed in   Penalty Group 1-B in the body of the child or individual; or                (3)  the person injected, ingested, inhaled, or   otherwise introduced a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group   1, Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, or Penalty Group 1-B,   Section 481.1022, Health and Safety Code, into the human body when   the person was not in lawful possession of the substance as defined   by Section 481.002(24) of that code.          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, 2025.