Bill Text: TX HB2711 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of failure to identify; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2711 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2711-Introduced.html

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86R12150 JCG-F
By: Lang H.B. No. 2711

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of failure to
identify; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 38.02(a), (c), and (d), Penal Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person [he]
intentionally refuses to give the person's [his] name, residence
address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has [lawfully
arrested the person and] requested the information from the person
and:
(1) has lawfully arrested the person;
(2) has lawfully detained the person; or
(3) has good cause to believe that the person is a
witness to a criminal offense.
(c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), an
offense under this section is[:
[(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the offense is committed
under Subsection (a); or
[(2)] a Class B misdemeanor [if the offense is
committed under Subsection (b)].
(d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
section that the defendant was a fugitive from justice at the time
of the offense, the offense is[:
[(1) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
under Subsection (a); or
[(2)] a Class A misdemeanor [if the offense is
committed under Subsection (b)].
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, 2019.