Bill Text: TX SB1805 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1805 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1805 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1805-Introduced.html

	88R467 AJZ-D

	By: Springer	S.B. No. 1805



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent
	assault; increasing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 22.012, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
	follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
	except that the offense is:
	(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of
	the offense that:
	(A) the defendant has been previously convicted
	of an offense under this section, other than an offense punishable
	under Paragraph (B); or
	(B) the defendant is a health care services
	provider or a mental health services provider and the act is:
	(i) committed during the course of
	providing a treatment or service to the victim; and
	(ii) beyond the scope of generally accepted
	practices for the treatment or service; or
	(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the
	trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously
	convicted of an offense under this section that is punishable under
	Subdivision (1)(B).
	(d) In this section, "health care services provider" and
	"mental health services provider" have the meanings assigned by
	Section 22.011.
	SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.