Bill Text: TX SB463 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for assault committed against a sports participant.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB463 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB463-Introduced.html

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88R1088 LRM-D
By: Parker S.B. No. 463

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal punishment for assault
committed against a sports participant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C
misdemeanor, except that the offense is[:
[(1)] a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is
committed:
(1) under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly
individual or disabled individual, as those terms are defined by
Section 22.04;
(2) [a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is
committed] by a person who is not a sports participant against a
person the actor knows is a sports participant either:
(A) while the participant is performing duties or
responsibilities in the participant's capacity as a sports
participant; or
(B) in retaliation for or on account of the
participant's performance of a duty or responsibility within the
participant's capacity as a sports participant; or
(3) [a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is
committed] against a pregnant individual to force the individual to
have an abortion.
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, 2023.