By: Thompson of Brazoria, et al. H.B. No. 1829
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against
  certain sports participants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (c)  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C
  misdemeanor, except that the offense is:
               (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly individual or disabled
  individual, as those terms are defined by Section 22.04; or
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  by any [a] person, other than [who is not] a sports participant who
  is an athlete younger than 19 years of age, against another [a]
  person the actor knows is a sports participant other than an athlete 
  either:
                     (A)  while the participant is performing duties or
  responsibilities in the participant's capacity as a sports
  participant; or
                     (B)  in retaliation for or on account of the
  participant's performance of a duty or responsibility within the
  participant's capacity as a sports participant.
         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, 2015.