{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-481.142","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.142","heading":"USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.","body":"(a) \"Social media platform\" has the meaning assigned by Section 120.001, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (S.B. 1833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 481. TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.481.htm#481.142","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"feb58dfd189353bd802b751c32bbfee117e6147c54911f1703b2778c6898e6f9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-481.141","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-481.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}