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| 1 | 1 | 89R3573 CJD-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gerdes H.B. No. 1789 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of | |
| 10 | 10 | intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 49.09(b-2), Penal Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (b-2) An offense under Section 49.08 is a felony of the | |
| 15 | 15 | first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | |
| 16 | 16 | person caused the death of: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) a person described by Subsection (b-1); or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) more than one person during the same criminal | |
| 19 | 19 | transaction. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 22 | 22 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 23 | 23 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 24 | 24 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 25 | 25 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 26 | 26 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 27 | 27 | before that date. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |