89R9582 CJD-D     By: Anchía H.B. No. 2695       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an   offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance;   increasing criminal penalties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 481, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 481.142 to read as follows:          Sec. 481.142.  USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF   CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. (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.          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 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.