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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile chemicals, or possession of drug paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose."
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description: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile chemicals, or possession of drug paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 1694"
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citation: "Texas HB 1694 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Guillen", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Leach", "Raney", "Schwertner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf4b09e-2b34-4b7f-93c4-bb1152e2f82b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1694.xml"
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source_hash: "60ce3a4fb4889ba6a3cd5d42cb91b71b7bc27fe828906d41c96df1d44493b06a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 1694 (87) — Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile chemicals, or possession of drug paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01694I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01694E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01694H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01694S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01694F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Guerra — primary (person)
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Raney — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
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- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
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- Meza — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
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- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person)
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- Wu — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-21** Passed as amended `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** Record vote
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- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-22** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf4b09e-2b34-4b7f-93c4-bb1152e2f82b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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