HB2436 - Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

  89R21498 LHC-F     By: Hefner H.B. No. 2436     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2436:     By:  Hefner C.S.H.B. No. 2436       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.05, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as   follows:          (c)   Except as otherwise provided by this subsection,   recklessness [ Recklessness ] and danger are presumed if the actor   knowingly pointed a firearm at or in the direction of another   whether or not the actor believed the firearm to be loaded. The   presumption under this subsection does not apply to a peace officer   engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's official duties.           (f)     Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to a peace officer   engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's official duties.          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, 2025.