Bill Text: TX SB287 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of terroristic threat.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Left pending in committee [SB287 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB287-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 287 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of the offense of terroristic threat. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 22.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person [ |
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| to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property | ||
| with intent to: | ||
| (1) cause a reaction of any type to the [ |
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| an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies; | ||
| (2) place any person in fear of imminent serious | ||
| bodily injury; | ||
| (3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a | ||
| building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has | ||
| access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or | ||
| other form of conveyance, or other public place; | ||
| (4) cause impairment or interruption of public | ||
| communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power | ||
| supply or other public service; | ||
| (5) place the public or a substantial group of the | ||
| public in fear of serious bodily injury; or | ||
| (6) influence the conduct or activities of: | ||
| (A) a branch or agency of the federal government, | ||
| the state, or a political subdivision of the state; | ||
| (B) a child-care facility; | ||
| (C) a public or private primary or secondary | ||
| school; or | ||
| (D) an institution of higher education or a | ||
| private or independent institution of higher education. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 22.07(f), Penal Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (4) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 42.002, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (1-a) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 71.003, Family Code. | ||
| (4) "Institution of higher education" and "private or | ||
| independent institution of higher education" have the meanings | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
