#  88(R) HB 4014 - Introduced version - Bill Text 

 

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Relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity; creating a criminal offense; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

<https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04014I.htm>

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|  | By: Murr | H.B. No. 4014 |

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|  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|  | AN ACT |
|  | relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a |
|  | criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity; creating a |
|  | criminal offense; changing the eligibility for community |
|  | supervision. |
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|  | SECTION 1. Article 17.03(b-2), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|  | is amended to read as follows: |
|  | (b-2) Except as provided by Articles 15.21, 17.033, and |
|  | 17.151, a defendant may not be released on personal bond if the |
|  | defendant: |
|  | (1) is charged with: |
|  | (A) an offense involving violence; or |
|  | (B)  an offense under Section 46.02(a-9), Penal |
|  | Code; or |
|  | (2) while released on bail or community supervision |
|  | for an offense described by Subdivision (1) \[involving violence\], |
|  | is charged with committing: |
|  | (A) any offense punishable as a felony; or |
|  | (B) an offense under the following provisions of |
|  | the Penal Code: |
|  | (i) Section 22.01(a)(1) (assault); |
|  | (ii) Section 22.05 (deadly conduct); |
|  | (iii) Section 22.07 (terroristic threat); |
|  | or |
|  | (iv) Section 42.01(a)(7) or (8) (disorderly |
|  | conduct involving firearm). |
|  | SECTION 2. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|  | is amended to read as follows: |
|  | (a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged |
|  | guilty of an offense under: |
|  | (1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
|  | punishable as a felony of the first degree; |
|  | (2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
|  | (3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder); |
|  | (4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
|  | Kidnapping); |
|  | (5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of |
|  | Persons); |
|  | (6) Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous |
|  | Trafficking of Persons); |
|  | (7) Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a |
|  | Child); |
|  | (8) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault); |
|  | (9) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual |
|  | Assault); |
|  | (10) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
|  | Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if: |
|  | (A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the |
|  | first degree; and |
|  | (B) the victim of the offense is a child; |
|  | (11) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery); |
|  | (12) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if: |
|  | (A) the offense is punishable under Subsection |
|  | (d) of that section; and |
|  | (B) the actor committed the offense with the |
|  | intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
|  | 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code; |
|  | (13) Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion |
|  | of Prostitution); |
|  | (14) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling |
|  | Prostitution); |
|  | (15) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by |
|  | a Child); |
|  | (15-a) Section 46.02(a-9), Penal Code; |
|  | (16) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which |
|  | punishment is increased under: |
|  | (A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in |
|  | Commission of Offense); or |
|  | (B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that |
|  | code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been |
|  | previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
|  | increased under any of those subsections; or |
|  | (17) Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code |
|  | (Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the |
|  | offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
|  | section. |
|  | SECTION 3. Article 42A.102(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|  | is amended to read as follows: |
|  | (b) In all other cases, the judge may grant deferred |
|  | adjudication community supervision unless: |
|  | (1) the defendant is charged with an offense: |
|  | (A) under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, |
|  | 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; |
|  | (B) under Section 49.04 or 49.06, Penal Code, |
|  | and, at the time of the offense: |
|  | (i) the defendant held a commercial |
|  | driver's license or a commercial learner's permit; or |
|  | (ii) the defendant's alcohol concentration, |
|  | as defined by Section 49.01, Penal Code, was 0.15 or more; |
|  | (C) for which punishment may be increased under |
|  | Section 49.09, Penal Code; |
|  | (D) for which punishment may be increased under |
|  | Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it |
|  | is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
|  | offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those |
|  | subsections; \[or\] |
|  | (E) under Section 481.1123, Health and Safety |
|  | Code, that is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
|  | section; or |
|  | (F) under Section 46.02(a-9), Penal Code; |
|  | (2) the defendant: |
|  | (A) is charged with an offense under Section |
|  | 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code, regardless of |
|  | the age of the victim, or a felony described by Article 42A.453(b), |
|  | other than a felony described by Subdivision (1)(A) or (3)(B) of |
|  | this subsection; and |
|  | (B) has previously been placed on community |
|  | supervision for an offense under Paragraph (A); |
|  | (3) the defendant is charged with an offense under: |
|  | (A) Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
|  | (B) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is |
|  | punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section |
|  | 12.42(c)(3) or (4), Penal Code; or |
|  | (4) the defendant is charged with an offense under |
|  | Section 19.02, Penal Code, except that the judge may grant deferred |
|  | adjudication community supervision on determining that the |
|  | defendant did not cause the death of the deceased, did not intend to |
|  | kill the deceased or another, and did not anticipate that a human |
|  | life would be taken. |
|  | SECTION 4. Section 46.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
|  | Subsections (a-9), (a-10), and (f) to read as follows: |
|  | (a-9)  A person who is a member of a criminal street gang, as |
|  | defined by Section 71.01, commits an offense if the person: |
|  | (1)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries |
|  | on or about his or her person a handgun, including carrying a |
|  | handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person |
|  | or under the person's control; |
|  | (2)  is engaged in criminal activity, other than a |
|  | Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance |
|  | regulating traffic or boating; and |
|  | (3)  is not on the person's own property or property |
|  | under the person's control or on private property with the consent |
|  | of the owner of the property. |
|  | (a-10)  If conduct constituting an offense under Subsection |
|  | (a-9) also constitutes an offense under Subsection (a-1)(2)(A), the |
|  | actor may be prosecuted only under Subsection (a-9). |
|  | (f)  An offense under Subsection (a-9) is a felony of the |
|  | third degree. |
|  | SECTION 5. Section 46.04(e), Penal Code, is amended to read |
|  | as follows: |
|  | (e) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the third |
|  | degree. An offense under Subsection \[(a-1),\] (b)\[,\] or (c) is a |
|  | Class A misdemeanor. |
|  | SECTION 6. Section 46.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
|  | as follows: |
|  | (b) Sections 46.02 and\[,\] 46.03(a)(14)\[, and 46.04(a-1)\] do |
|  | not apply to a person who: |
|  | (1) is in the actual discharge of official duties as a |
|  | member of the armed forces or state military forces as defined by |
|  | Section 437.001, Government Code, or as a guard employed by a penal |
|  | institution; |
|  | (2) is traveling; |
|  | (3) is engaging in lawful hunting, fishing, or other |
|  | sporting activity on the immediate premises where the activity is |
|  | conducted, or is en route between the premises and the actor's |
|  | residence, motor vehicle, or watercraft, if the weapon is a type |
|  | commonly used in the activity; |
|  | (4) holds a security officer commission issued by the |
|  | Texas Private Security Board, if the person is engaged in the |
|  | performance of the person's duties as an officer commissioned under |
|  | Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, or is traveling to or from the |
|  | person's place of assignment and is wearing the officer's uniform |
|  | and carrying the officer's weapon in plain view; |
|  | (5) acts as a personal protection officer and carries |
|  | the person's security officer commission and personal protection |
|  | officer authorization, if the person: |
|  | (A) is engaged in the performance of the person's |
|  | duties as a personal protection officer under Chapter 1702, |
|  | Occupations Code, or is traveling to or from the person's place of |
|  | assignment; and |
|  | (B) is either: |
|  | (i) wearing the uniform of a security |
|  | officer, including any uniform or apparel described by Section |
|  | 1702.323(d), Occupations Code, and carrying the officer's weapon in |
|  | plain view; or |
|  | (ii) not wearing the uniform of a security |
|  | officer and carrying the officer's weapon in a concealed manner; |
|  | (6) is carrying: |
|  | (A) a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter |
|  | 411, Government Code, to carry a handgun; and |
|  | (B) a handgun: |
|  | (i) in a concealed manner; or |
|  | (ii) in a holster; |
|  | (7) holds an alcoholic beverage permit or license or |
|  | is an employee of a holder of an alcoholic beverage permit or |
|  | license if the person is supervising the operation of the permitted |
|  | or licensed premises; or |
|  | (8) is a student in a law enforcement class engaging in |
|  | an activity required as part of the class, if the weapon is a type |
|  | commonly used in the activity and the person is: |
|  | (A) on the immediate premises where the activity |
|  | is conducted; or |
|  | (B) en route between those premises and the |
|  | person's residence and is carrying the weapon unloaded. |
|  | SECTION 7. Section 46.04(a-1), Penal Code, is repealed. |
|  | SECTION 8. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
|  | section, 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 on the date the offense was committed, and the |
|  | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
|  | this subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date |
|  | of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
|  | date. |
|  | (b) The change in law made by this Act in amending Article |
|  | 17.03(b-2), Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a person |
|  | who is arrested on or after the effective date of this Act. A person |
|  | arrested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
|  | law in effect on the date the person was arrested, and the former |
|  | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|  | SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |

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