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House Bill 2066 |
House Author: Gallego et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 2066 amends the Penal Code to enhance the penalty for the offense of assault from a Class A misdemeanor to a third-degree felony if the offense is committed against a person who is in a dating relationship with the defendant or is a member of the defendant's family or household and is committed by strangulation or suffocation. The bill enhances the penalty for the offense of assault to a second-degree felony if the offense is committed against a person who is associated with the offender as described above and is committed by strangulation or suffocation and if it is shown at the trial that the defendant has been previously convicted of an assaultive offense, a criminal homicide offense, kidnapping, or indecency with a child.