By: Huffman  S.B. No. 1055          (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2021; March 18, 2021, read   first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;   April 9, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,   Nays 0; April 9, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to motor vehicle accidents involving a pedestrian or other   vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk; creating a   criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as the Lisa Torry Smith   Act.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 545.428 to read as follows:          Sec. 545.428.  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN   OR OTHER VULNERABLE ROAD USER WITHIN AREA OF CROSSWALK; OFFENSE.   (a) In this section:                (1)  "Electric personal assistive mobility device" has   the meaning assigned by Section 551.201.                (2)  "Golf cart" has the meaning assigned by Section   551.401.                (3)  "Motor-assisted scooter" has the meaning assigned   by Section 551.351.                (4)  "Neighborhood electric vehicle" has the meaning   assigned by Section 551.301.          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person with criminal   negligence:                (1)  operates a motor vehicle within the area of a   crosswalk; and                (2)  causes bodily injury to a pedestrian or a person   operating a bicycle, motor-assisted scooter, electronic personal   assistive mobility device, neighborhood electric vehicle, or golf   cart.          (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,   except that the offense is a state jail felony if the person   described by Subsection (b)(2) suffered serious bodily injury.          (d)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this   section that, at the time of the offense, the person described by   Subsection (b)(2) was violating a provision of this subtitle   relating to walking, movement, or operation in a crosswalk or on a   roadway.          (e)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this   section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor   may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *