Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 215 amends the Penal Code to increase the penalty for the offense of evading arrest or detention from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony if a defendant used a vehicle while committing the offense. It increases the penalty from a state jail felony to a third degree felony if the defendant used a vehicle while committing the offense and is a repeat offender.

The bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a person who is arrested for the offense of resisting arrest, search, or transportation, and who during the commission of the offense assaulted a peace officer by causing the officer to come into contact with the person's bodily fluids, to undergo a medical test to show whether the person has a communicable disease.