88R9168 SHH-F
 
  By: Flores S.B. No. 754
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing bodily
  injury while resisting arrest, search, or transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.03(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (d)  An offense under this section is:
               (1)  a state jail felony if the actor's use of force
  causes bodily injury to the peace officer or another person; and
               (2)  a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a
  deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.
         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, 2023.