TITLE: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual when committed in a disaster area or evacuated area.

SUMMARY: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual when committed in a disaster area or evacuated area.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual when committed in a disaster area or evacuated area. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.50(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section applies only to an offense under: (1) Section 20.05; (2) Section 20.06; (3) Section 20.07; (4) Section 22.01; (5) Section 22.04; (6) [(5)] Section 28.02; (7) [(6)] Section 29.02; (8) [(7)] Section 30.02; (9) [(8)] Section 30.03; (10) [(9)] Section 30.04; (11) [(10)] Section 30.05; and (12) [(11)] Section 31.03. 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, 2025.