Bill Text: TX HB929 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 929

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB929 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB929-Introduced.html

	88R2574 EAS-D

	By: Dutton	H.B. No. 929



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for
	the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 7.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) If, in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit
	one felony, another felony is committed by one of the conspirators,
	all conspirators are guilty of the felony actually committed,
	though having no intent to commit it, provided that [if] the offense
	was committed in furtherance of the unlawful purpose and was one
	that should have been anticipated as a result of the carrying out of
	the conspiracy. This subsection does not apply to the prosecution
	of the offense of capital murder.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to the prosecution of an offense committed on or after the effective
	date of this Act. The prosecution of 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, 2023.