Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

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JURISPRUDENCE
77 th Texas Legislature
Using Race or Ethnicity as Predictor of Future Criminal Behavior Barred - S.B. 133
by Senator West, et al.
House Sponsor: Representative Hinojosa
Bars the state, in a sentencing proceeding in a criminal case, from offering evidence that the defendant’s
race or ethnicity makes it likely that the defendant will engage in future criminal conduct.
Statute of Limitations for Various Crimes - S.B. 214
by Senators Bernsen and Zaffirini
House Sponsors: Representatives Williams and Keel
Provides there is no statute of limitations for an offense involving leaving the scene of an accident if the
accident resulted in the death of a person.
Extends to 10 years the statute of limitations for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual
punishable as a felony of the first degree, or sexual assault.
Extends to five years the statute of limitations for kidnapping, injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree, abandoning or endangering a child, or
indecency with a child.
Extends to 10 years from the 18th birthday of the victim the statute of limitations for involving exposing the
offender’s anus or any part of the genitals to a child.
Minimum Age at Which a Parent is Liable for Property Damage by Child - S.B. 233
by Senator Harris
House Sponsor: Representative Menendez
Amends existing law regarding parental liability for property damage resulting from the willful and malicious
conduct of a child to lower the minimum age of the child from at least 12 years of age to 10 years.
Statute of Limitations Related to Injuring a Child, the Elderly, or Disabled - S.B. 328
by Senator Jackson, et al.
House Sponsor: Representative Haggerty
Increases the statute of limitations for the prosecution of injury to a child or an elderly or disabled individual
punishable as a felony of the first degree from three years from the date of the commission of the offense to
10 years.
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