By: Thierry H.B. No. 4070
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for certain offenses that
occur on the grounds of a school district and involve expressions of
bias or prejudice against certain groups.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42.014(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the
[The] sentencing judge may, as a condition of punishment, require
attendance in an educational program to further tolerance and
acceptance of others. If an offense under Section 28.03 or 28.08,
Penal Code, occurred on the grounds of a school district, the
sentencing judge shall, as a condition of punishment, require
attendance in an educational program to further tolerance and
acceptance of others.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.