Bill Text: TX HB795 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-15 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB795 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB795-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | H.B. No. 795 | |
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| relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 22.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
| degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if: | ||
| (1) the actor uses a deadly weapon during the | ||
| commission of the assault and causes: | ||
| (A) serious bodily injury to a person whose | ||
| relationship to or association with the defendant is described by | ||
| Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code; or | ||
| (B) a traumatic brain or spine injury to another | ||
| that results in a persistent vegetative state or irreversible | ||
| paralysis; | ||
| (2) regardless of whether the offense is committed | ||
| under Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the offense is committed: | ||
| (A) by a public servant acting under color of the | ||
| servant's office or employment; | ||
| (B) against a person the actor knows is a public | ||
| servant while the public servant is lawfully discharging an | ||
| official duty, or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of | ||
| official power or performance of an official duty as a public | ||
| servant; | ||
| (C) in retaliation against or on account of the | ||
| service of another as a witness, prospective witness, informant, or | ||
| person who has reported the occurrence of a crime; | ||
| (D) against a person the actor knows is a process | ||
| server while the person is performing a duty as a process server; or | ||
| (E) against a person the actor knows is a | ||
| security officer while the officer is performing a duty as a | ||
| security officer; | ||
| (3) the actor is inside of or directly en route to or | ||
| from [ |
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| Transportation Code, and: | ||
| (A) knowingly discharges a firearm at or in the | ||
| direction of a habitation, building, or vehicle; | ||
| (B) is reckless as to whether the habitation, | ||
| building, or vehicle is occupied; and | ||
| (C) in discharging the firearm: | ||
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| person or damage to any property; or | ||
| (ii) places any person in fear of imminent | ||
| serious bodily injury; or | ||
| (4) the actor commits the assault as part of a mass | ||
| shooting. | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
