Bill Text: TX SB1754 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 1754 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees, or officials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1754 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1754-Engrossed.html



	By: Huffman	S.B. No. 1754


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting
	to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees,
	or officials.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 38.14(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
	or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace
	officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a
	correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and
	corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer
	the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm,
	nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing
	device [~~with the intention of harming the officer, investigator,~~
	~~employee, or official or a third person~~].
	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 when 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, 2019.