Bill Text: TX SB787 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Co-author authorized [SB787 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB787-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 787 | |
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| relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain | ||
| felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 12.502 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.502. PENALTY FOR CERTAIN FELONY OFFENSES COMMITTED | ||
| WITH FIREARM. (a) The minimum term of imprisonment for a first, | ||
| second, or third degree felony listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code | ||
| of Criminal Procedure, is increased to 10 years if an affirmative | ||
| finding has been entered in the judgment in the case under Article | ||
| 42A.054(d), Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a felony offense for | ||
| which the punishment otherwise required by law includes a minimum | ||
| term of imprisonment that exceeds 10 years. | ||
| 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. | ||
