86R1748 TSS-D
 
  By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 158
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing criminal penalties for the offense of making
  a firearm accessible to a child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 46.13(d) and (e), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense under
  this section is a Class B [C] misdemeanor.
         (e)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony
  [Class A misdemeanor] if the child discharges the firearm and
  causes death or serious bodily injury to the child [himself] or
  another person.
         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, 2019.