Bill Text: TX HB285 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the criminal offense of obstruction or retaliation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB285 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB285-Introduced.html

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87R733 JRR-D
By: Murr H.B. No. 285

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct
constituting the criminal offense of obstruction or retaliation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.06(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if:
(1) the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened
because of the victim's service or status as a public servant
[juror]; or
(2) the actor's conduct is described by Subsection
(a-1) and results in the bodily injury of a public servant or a
member of a public servant's family or household.
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.