Bill Text: TX HB1159 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain disciplinary actions against a child; providing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HB1159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1159-Introduced.html
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By: Raymond | H.B. No. 1159 |
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relating to the use of certain disciplinary actions against a | ||
child; providing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 22.042 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.042. UNLAWFUL DISCIPLINE OF A CHILD. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of | ||
age. | ||
(2) "Stun gun" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
38.14. | ||
(3) "Taser" means a device that is intended, designed, | ||
made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by inflicting an | ||
electrical charge through the emission of a projectile or | ||
conductive stream. | ||
(4) "Zip tie" means a plastic strip that can be | ||
threaded through its end and tightened. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person subdues a | ||
child for disciplinary purposes by using a stun gun, a taser, | ||
handcuffs, or zip ties on the child. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
(d) The defenses to prosecution provided under Subchapter | ||
F, Chapter 9, are not available to a defendant under this section if | ||
the child was younger than 13 years of age at the time of the | ||
offense. | ||
(e) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the | ||
actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |