Bill Text: TX HB5287 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of terrorism; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB5287 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5287-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 5287 |
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relating to the offense of terrorism; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS | ||
SECTION 1. The Penal Code is amended by adding Chapter 72, | ||
and a heading is added to that chapter, to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 72. TERRORISM | ||
Sec. 72.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Person" means an individual or a group of three or | ||
more individuals, a corporation, association, limited liability | ||
company, or other entity or organization governed by the Business | ||
Organizations Code. | ||
(2) "Terrorism" means the commission of violent | ||
offences that intentionally promote terror on human life that would | ||
be considered a violent act under this states laws whether | ||
committed in this state or not. | ||
(3) "Terrorist" means a person that willfully and | ||
deliberately threatens to commit or commits a terroristic act. | ||
(4) "Terrorist Organization" means a group of three or | ||
more persons pertaining to a foreign or domestic organization with | ||
the intention to commit terrorism. | ||
(5) "Terroristic Act" means an act committed with the | ||
intent to cause undue public harm through terror by: | ||
(A) intimidating, injuring, or coercing the | ||
civilian population; | ||
(B) influencing the policy of government by | ||
intimidation or coercion; | ||
(C) affecting the conduct of government; | ||
(D) causing the interruption of public | ||
communication; | ||
(E) causing the interruption for public | ||
transportation; | ||
(F) causing the interruption of public or private | ||
facility operations, public utilities, or other public services; or | ||
(G) causing damage to public or private property. | ||
Sec. 72.02. TERRORISTIC THREAT. (a) has the meaning | ||
assigned by Chapter 22 Sec. 22.07 of the Penal Code | ||
Sec. 72.03. TERRORISTIC ATTACK. (a) a person commits an | ||
offense when committing one or more of the following offenses | ||
during a terroristic act: | ||
(1) any offense under Section 22.07; | ||
(2) any offense under Chapter 16; | ||
(3) any offense under Chapter 19; | ||
(4) any offense under Section 20.04, Section 20.05, or | ||
Section 20.06; | ||
(5) any offense under Section 22.01, Section 22.02, | ||
Section 22.021, Section 22.05, Section 22.09, or Section 22.11; | ||
(6) any offense under Section 28.02 or Section 28.03; | ||
(7) any offense under Section 29.03; | ||
(8) any offense under Section 30.05; | ||
(9) any offense under Section 32.03, Section 32.43, or | ||
Section 32.51; | ||
(10) any offense under Section 33.02; | ||
(11) any offense under Chapter 33A; | ||
(12) any offense under Section 37.11 or Section 37.12; | ||
(13) any felony offense under Section 38.05, Section | ||
38.14, or Section 38.152; | ||
(14) any offense under Section 42.06, Section 42.0601, | ||
Section 42.062, or Section 42.14; | ||
(15) any offense under Section 46.05, Section 46.08, | ||
Section 46.09, or Section 46.14; | ||
(16) any offense under Section 50.02; or | ||
(17) any offense under Section 71.02. | ||
(b) the punishment for the offense under this section is | ||
increased to the punishment prescribed for the next highest | ||
category of the offense that is listed in this section. | ||
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. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |