Bill Text: TX HB765 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 765 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB765 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB765-Introduced.html

	88R3896 MZM-F

	By: Harless	H.B. No. 765



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a
	peace officer or fireman.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Richard Houston II
	Act.
	SECTION 2. Section 19.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the actor is presumed
	to have known the person murdered was a peace officer or fireman if
	the person was wearing a distinctive uniform or badge indicating
	the person's employment as a peace officer or fireman.
	SECTION 3. 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.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.