Texas Penal Code
§ 38.11 — PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND ITEMS IN CORRECTIONAL OR CIVIL COMMITMENT FACILITY
PE § 38.11Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person provides, or possesses with the intent to provide:
(1)an alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility or residing in a civil commitment facility, except on the prescription of a practitioner;
(2)a deadly weapon to a person in the custody of a correctional facility or residing in a civil commitment facility;
(3)a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device or a component of one of those devices to a person in the custody of a correctional facility;
(4)money to a person confined in a correctional facility; or
(5)a cigarette or tobacco product to a person confined in a correctional facility, except that if the facility is a local jail regulated by the Commission on Jail Standards, the person commits an offense only if providing the cigarette or tobacco product violates a rule or regulation adopted by the sheriff or jail administrator that:
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 3.19, eff. January 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 625 (H.B. 3464), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.