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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 84(R)

House Bill 1286

House Author:  Simmons et al.

Effective:  9-1-15

Senate Sponsor:  Lucio


            House Bill 1286 amends the Penal Code to expand the conditions that qualify a person as a disabled individual for purposes of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and to establish an affirmative defense to prosecution for that offense that the actor did not know and could not reasonably have known that the individual was disabled.