Bill Text: TX HB2961 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2961 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2961-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2961 | ||
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| relating to criminal responsibility for the conduct of a | ||
| coconspirator. | ||
| 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, 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. | ||
| In this subsection, "conspiracy" means an agreement between two or | ||
| more persons to commit a felony. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2961 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 18, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2961 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
