Bill Text: TX HB1502 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain disciplinary actions against a child; providing a criminal penalty.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1502-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 1502 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1502: | |||
| By: Herrero | C.S.H.B. No. 1502 | ||
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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. | ||
| (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 12 years of age or younger 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, 2013. | ||
