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
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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       
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