Bill Text: TX SB2221 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain sexual offenses committed against a child with a disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2221-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2221 |
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relating to increasing the punishment for certain sexual offenses | ||
committed against a child with a disability. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.11, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) An offense under this section is increased to the next | ||
higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the | ||
offense that the offense was committed against a disabled | ||
individual, as defined by Section 22.04. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 22.011(f), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
degree, except that an offense under this section is a felony of the | ||
first degree if: | ||
(1) the victim was a person whom the actor was | ||
prohibited from marrying or purporting to marry or with whom the | ||
actor was prohibited from living under the appearance of being | ||
married under Section 25.01; or | ||
(2) the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(2) | ||
against a disabled individual, as defined by Section 22.04. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |