Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3624 MEW-D
2	2	By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 544
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than
10	10	one criminal offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or
11	11	disabled individual arising out of the same criminal episode.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 3.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
14	14	as follows:
15	15	(b) If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense
16	16	arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run
17	17	concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction
18	18	of:
19	19	(1) an offense:
20	20	(A) under Section 49.07 or 49.08, regardless of
21	21	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
22	22	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
23	23	(B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a
24	24	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
25	25	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
26	26	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
27	27	charged with violations of both sections;
28	28	(2) an offense:
29	29	(A) under Section 33.021 or an offense under
30	30	Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 25.02, or 43.25 committed
31	31	against a victim younger than 17 years of age at the time of the
32	32	commission of the offense regardless of whether the accused is
33	33	convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is
34	34	convicted of violations of more than one section; or
35	35	(B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a
36	36	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
37	37	listed in Paragraph (A) committed against a victim younger than 17
38	38	years of age at the time of the commission of the offense regardless
39	39	of whether the accused is charged with violations of the same
40	40	section more than once or is charged with violations of more than
41	41	one section;
42	42	(3) an offense:
43	43	(A) under Section 21.15 or 43.26, regardless of
44	44	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
45	45	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
46	46	(B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a
47	47	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
48	48	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
49	49	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
50	50	charged with violations of both sections;
51	51	(4) an offense for which the judgment in the case
52	52	contains an affirmative finding under Article 42.0197, Code of
53	53	Criminal Procedure;
54	54	(5) an offense:
55	55	(A) under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05,
56	56	regardless of whether the accused is convicted of violations of the
57	57	same section more than once or is convicted of violations of more
58	58	than one section; or
59	59	(B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a
60	60	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
61	61	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
62	62	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
63	63	charged with violations of more than one section;
64	64	(6) an offense[:
65	65	[(A)] under Section 22.04 [22.04(a)(1) or (2) or
66	66	Section 22.04(a-1)(1) or (2) that is punishable as a felony of the
67	67	first degree, regardless of whether the accused is convicted of
68	68	violations of the same section more than once or is convicted of
69	69	violations of more than one section;] or an offense
70	70	[(B)] for which a plea agreement was reached in a
71	71	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
72	72	under Section 22.04 [listed in Paragraph (A) and punishable as
73	73	described by that paragraph, regardless of whether the accused is
74	74	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
75	75	charged with violations of more than one section]; or
76	76	(7) any combination of offenses listed in Subdivisions
77	77	(1)-(6).
78	78	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
79	79	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
80	80	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
81	81	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
82	82	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
83	83	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
84	84	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
85	85	before that date.
86	86	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.