86R13979 JRR-F
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2823
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal punishment for assault
committed against certain sports participants.
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:
(1) under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly
individual or disabled individual, as those terms are defined by
Section 22.04;
(2) [a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is
committed] by any [a] person, other than [who is not] a sports
participant who is an athlete younger than 19 years of age, against
another [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; or
(3) [a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is
committed] against a pregnant individual to force the individual to
have an abortion.
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, 2019.