85R9531 KJE-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 1751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against
a peace officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), an offense under
Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second degree if the offense is
committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer while
the officer is lawfully discharging an official duty or in
retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or
performance of an official duty as a peace officer.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.