Bill Text: TX HB2880 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal punishment for the threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2880-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2880 |
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relating to the criminal punishment for the threatened exhibition | ||
or use of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.125, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.125. EXHIBITION, USE, OR THREAT OF EXHIBITION OR | ||
USE OF FIREARMS. (a) A person commits an offense if, in a manner | ||
intended to cause alarm or personal injury to another person or to | ||
damage school property, the person intentionally: | ||
(1) exhibits or [ |
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parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area, that is owned by | ||
a private or public school; or | ||
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children to or from school-sponsored activities of a private or | ||
public school; | ||
(2) threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on | ||
property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by | ||
Subdivision (1)(B) and was in possession of or had immediate access | ||
to the firearm; or | ||
(3) threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on | ||
property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by | ||
Subdivision (1)(B). | ||
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [ |
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is a third degree felony. | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A | ||
misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2880 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2880 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |