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.