Bill Text: TX HB4237 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal offense of stalking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB4237 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4237-Introduced.html
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By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 4237 |
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relating to the criminal offense of stalking. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.072(a), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, on more than | ||
one occasion and pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct | ||
that is directed specifically at the victim [ |
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knowingly engages in conduct that: | ||
(1) constitutes an offense under Section 42.07, or | ||
that the actor knows or reasonably should know the victim [ |
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(A) bodily injury or death for the victim [ |
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(B) bodily injury or death for: | ||
(i) a member of the victim's [ |
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victim [ |
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(C) that an offense will be committed against the | ||
victim's [ |
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(2) causes the victim [ |
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victim's [ |
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with whom the victim [ |
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(A) to be placed in fear of bodily injury or death | ||
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(B) to feel harassed, annoyed, alarmed, abused, | ||
tormented, embarrassed, or offended; and | ||
(3) would cause a reasonable person to: | ||
(A) fear bodily injury or death for himself or | ||
herself; | ||
(B) fear bodily injury or death for: | ||
(i) a member of the person's family or | ||
household; or | ||
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person has a dating relationship; | ||
(C) fear that an offense will be committed | ||
against the person's property; or | ||
(D) feel harassed, annoyed, alarmed, abused, | ||
tormented, embarrassed, or offended. | ||
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. |