Bill Text: TX HB2419 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed during a riot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2419 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2419-Introduced.html
| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 2419 | |
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| relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses | ||
| committed during a riot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 12.501 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.501. PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED DURING A RIOT. | ||
| (a) In this section, "riot" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 42.02. | ||
| (b) Subject to Subsections (d) and (e), the punishment for | ||
| an offense listed under Subsection (c) is increased to the | ||
| punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense if it | ||
| is shown on the trial of the offense that at the time of the offense | ||
| the actor was participating in a riot. | ||
| (c) The increase in punishment authorized by this section | ||
| applies only to an offense under: | ||
| (1) Section 22.01; | ||
| (2) Section 28.02; | ||
| (3) Section 28.03; | ||
| (4) Section 29.02; | ||
| (5) Section 30.02; | ||
| (6) Section 30.03; | ||
| (7) Section 30.04; | ||
| (8) Section 30.05; and | ||
| (9) Section 31.03. | ||
| (d) If an offense listed under Subsection (c) is punishable | ||
| as a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum term of confinement for the | ||
| offense is increased to 180 days. | ||
| (e) If an offense listed under Subsection (c) is punishable | ||
| as a felony of the first degree, the punishment of that offense may | ||
| not be increased under this section. | ||
| 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. | ||
