Bill Text: TX HB140 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of manslaughter.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB140 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB140-Introduced.html

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83R1868 GCB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 140

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of manslaughter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
degree, except that an offense is a felony of the first degree if:
(1) the actor delivered a controlled substance to the
individual;
(2) the individual consumed the controlled substance
without altering the substance; and
(3) the individual's death resulted from the
consumption of the controlled substance.
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
covered 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 was committed before that
date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.