| TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB827 by Whitmire (Relating to amending Section 22.041, Penal Code, to make it a criminal offense to abandon or endanger an elderly individual or a disabled individual and to make it a criminal offense to fail to provide adequate food, medical care, or shelter to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Penal Code by including elderly individuals and disabled individuals in the current offense of abandoning or endangering a child. The bill would also amend the Penal Code by including the intentional or knowing failure to provide adequate food, medical care, or shelter to a child younger than 15 years, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual, as committing the offense of abandoning or endangering a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual. The punishment for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child ranges from a state jail felony to a felony of the second degree, depending on the intent of the actor and the presence of imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.
A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
A third degree felony is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
A second degree felony is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 20 years or less than 2 years, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
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| LBB Staff: | JK, GG
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