87R2234 MCK-D
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 3985
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of providing an alcoholic beverage to a
  minor; increasing a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Matthew's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 106.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
  amended by Chapters 437 (S.B. 55) and 934 (H.B. 1445), Acts of the
  73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided in Subsection (b) [of this section],
  a person commits an offense if the person [he] purchases an
  alcoholic beverage for or gives or with criminal negligence makes
  available an alcoholic beverage to a minor [with criminal
  negligence].
         SECTION 3.  Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [An] offense
  under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         (c-1)  An offense under this section is a third degree felony
  if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person purchased
  an alcoholic beverage for or gave or made available an alcoholic
  beverage to a minor who dies as a result of the consumption of the
  alcoholic beverage.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 when the offense was committed, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this
  section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
  Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.