Bill Text: TX HB2290 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2290 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2290-Engrossed.html
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By: Thompson of Harris, Collier, Hinojosa, | H.B. No. 2290 | |
A. Johnson of Harris, Crockett |
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relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal | ||
offense for persons acting under duress. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8.05(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(c) Compulsion within the meaning of this section exists | ||
only if the force or threat of force would render a reasonable | ||
person in the situation of the defendant [ |
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incapable of resisting the pressure. | ||
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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |