Plain English summary not yet available
The full original text is available below. Check back soon as we process this bill.
  89R13713 MZM-D     By: Campos H.B. No. 2927       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for a peace officer who   fails to report the suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an   elderly person or a person with a disability.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.052(a), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person has cause to   believe that an elderly person or person with a disability has been   abused, neglected, or exploited or is in the state of abuse,   neglect, or exploitation and knowingly fails to report in   accordance with this chapter. An offense under this subsection is a   Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony   if it is shown on the trial of the offense that :                 (1)   the abused, neglected, or exploited person is a   person with an intellectual disability who resided in a state   supported living center, the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande   State Center, or a facility licensed under Chapter 252, Health and   Safety Code, and the actor knew that the person had suffered serious   bodily injury as a result of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation ; or                 (2)     the actor is a peace officer who encountered the   abused, neglected, or exploited person in the course of discharging   duties as a peace officer .          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.