Bill Text: TX HB138 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to partial-birth abortions and dismemberment abortions; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB138-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 138 |
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relating to partial-birth abortions and dismemberment abortions; | ||
increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 171.103, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 171.103. CRIMINAL PENALTY. A person who violates | ||
Section 171.102 commits an offense. An offense under this section | ||
is a [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 171.153(b), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a [ |
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of the second degree. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |