85R512 JRR-F     By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 1110       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against   certain sports participants.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (c)  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C   misdemeanor, except that the offense is:                (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed   under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly individual or disabled   individual, as those terms are defined by Section 22.04; or                (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed   by any [a] person, other than [who is not] a sports participant who   is an athlete younger than 19 years of age, against another [a]   person the actor knows is a sports participant either:                      (A)  while the participant is performing duties or   responsibilities in the participant's capacity as a sports   participant; or                      (B)  in retaliation for or on account of the   participant's performance of a duty or responsibility within the   participant's capacity as a sports participant.          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.