Bill Text: TX HB1349 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of murder committed by a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB1349 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1349-Introduced.html

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87R7888 MCF-D
By: Crockett H.B. No. 1349

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of murder committed by a
peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.02, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) Subject to Subsection (c-1) and except [Except] as
provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a
felony of the first degree.
(c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under
this section is a felony of the first degree with a minimum term of
imprisonment of 15 years if the offense is committed by a peace
officer acting under the authority of the state or a political
subdivision of the state.
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 when 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, 2021.