85R9531 KJE-D     By: Krause H.B. No. 1751       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against   a peace officer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:          (b-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), an offense under   Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second degree if the offense is   committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer while   the officer is lawfully discharging an official duty or in   retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or   performance of an official duty 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, 2017.