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| 1 | 1 | By: Meyer H.B. No. 4501 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the act of inciting suicide; creating a criminal | |
| 7 | 7 | offense. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Sec. 22.08, Penal Code, is amended to read as | |
| 10 | 10 | follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to promote | |
| 12 | 12 | or assist the commission of suicide by another, he incites, aids, or | |
| 13 | 13 | attempts to aid the other to commit or attempt to commit suicide. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor | |
| 15 | 15 | unless the actor's conduct causes suicide or attempted suicide that | |
| 16 | 16 | results in serious bodily injury, in which event the offense is a | |
| 17 | 17 | state jail felony. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |