84R7181 ADM-F
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1845
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing certain
assaultive physical contact with a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C
misdemeanor, except that the offense is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed
under Subsection (a)(3):
(A) against an elderly individual or disabled
individual[, as those terms are defined by Section 22.04]; or
(B) against a child by a person who is 17 years of
age or older at the time of the offense; or
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
by a person who is not a sports participant against a person the
actor knows is a sports participant either:
(A) while the participant is performing duties or
responsibilities in the participant's capacity as a sports
participant; or
(B) in retaliation for or on account of the
participant's performance of a duty or responsibility within the
participant's capacity as a sports participant.
SECTION 2. Section 22.01(e), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (2) to read as follows:
(2) "Child," "disabled individual," and "elderly
individual" have the meanings assigned by Section 22.04.
SECTION 3. 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.