88R11350 CJD-D     By: Bucy H.B. No. 2775       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of   hypodermic needles and syringes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 481.002(17), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (17)  "Drug paraphernalia" means equipment, a product,   or material that is used or intended for use in planting,   propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing,   compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing,   testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing,   or concealing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter   or in injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into   the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter.   The term includes:                      (A)  a kit used or intended for use in planting,   propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting a species of plant   that is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance   may be derived;                      (B)  a material, compound, mixture, preparation,   or kit used or intended for use in manufacturing, compounding,   converting, producing, processing, or preparing a controlled   substance;                      (C)  an isomerization device used or intended for   use in increasing the potency of a species of plant that is a   controlled substance;                      (D)  testing equipment used or intended for use in   identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity   of a controlled substance;                      (E)  a scale or balance used or intended for use in   weighing or measuring a controlled substance;                      (F)  a dilutant or adulterant, such as quinine   hydrochloride, mannitol, inositol, nicotinamide, dextrose,   lactose, or absorbent, blotter-type material, that is used or   intended to be used to increase the amount or weight of or to   transfer a controlled substance regardless of whether the dilutant   or adulterant diminishes the efficacy of the controlled substance;                      (G)  a separation gin or sifter used or intended   for use in removing twigs and seeds from or in otherwise cleaning or   refining marihuana;                      (H)  a blender, bowl, container, spoon, or mixing   device used or intended for use in compounding a controlled   substance;                      (I)  a capsule, balloon, envelope, or other   container used or intended for use in packaging small quantities of   a controlled substance;                      (J)  a container or other object used or intended   for use in storing or concealing a controlled substance; and                      (K)  [a hypodermic syringe, needle, or other   object used or intended for use in parenterally injecting a   controlled substance into the human body; and                      [(L)]  an object used or intended for use in   ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana, cocaine,   hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, including:                            (i)  a metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone,   plastic, or ceramic pipe with or without a screen, permanent   screen, hashish head, or punctured metal bowl;                            (ii)  a water pipe;                            (iii)  a carburetion tube or device;                            (iv)  a smoking or carburetion mask;                            (v)  a chamber pipe;                            (vi)  a carburetor pipe;                            (vii)  an electric pipe;                            (viii)  an air-driven pipe;                            (ix)  a chillum;                            (x)  a bong; or                            (xi)  an ice pipe or chiller.          SECTION 2.  Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:          (j)  This section does not apply to a person who uses,   possesses with the intent to use, delivers, possesses with intent   to deliver, or manufactures with intent to deliver a hypodermic   needle or syringe, regardless of the person's intent with respect   to the use of the needle or syringe and regardless of whether the   person knew or should have known that the needle or syringe would be   used to administer a controlled substance in violation of this   chapter.          SECTION 3.  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 at the time 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.