---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Texas HB 6 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Goldman", "Harless", "Huffman", "Lujan", "Thimesch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e773c60-3b0f-4a91-a650-512db0ce0b61"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 6.xml"
source_hash: "06ca6a039c0d8cf04fdcab6c75eb7d954df24e82e8bbe9200211ad56137e34b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 6 (88) — Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00006I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00006E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00006H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00006S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00006F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **125–10** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 6 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **124–21** (pass) · lower
- passage to third reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Thimesch — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-17** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e773c60-3b0f-4a91-a650-512db0ce0b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).