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| 1 | 1 | 84R614 GCB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ellis S.B. No. 370 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the insanity defense in a criminal case. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 8.01(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | |
| 10 | 10 | as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that, at the | |
| 12 | 12 | time of the conduct charged, the actor, as a result of severe mental | |
| 13 | 13 | disease or defect, did not appreciate [know] that the actor's [his] | |
| 14 | 14 | conduct was either legally or morally wrong. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending | |
| 16 | 16 | Section 8.01(a), Penal Code, applies only to a defendant acquitted | |
| 17 | 17 | of an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 18 | 18 | A defendant acquitted of an offense committed before the effective | |
| 19 | 19 | date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was | |
| 20 | 20 | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 21 | 21 | purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed | |
| 22 | 22 | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense | |
| 23 | 23 | occurred before that date. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |