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Chapter 273 H.B. No. 184 1 AN ACT 2 relating to an exception to consent as a defense to assaultive 3 conduct. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Section 22.06, Penal Code, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 Sec. 22.06. CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT. (a) 8 The victim's effective consent or the actor's reasonable belief 9 that the victim consented to the actor's conduct is a defense to 10 prosecution under Section 22.01 (Assault), 22.02 (Aggravated 11 Assault), or 22.05 (Deadly Conduct) if: 12 (1) the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious 13 bodily Injury; or 14 (2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of: 15 (A) his occupation; 16 (B) recognized medical treatment; or 17 (C) a scientific experiment conducted by 18 recognized methods. 19 (b) The defense to prosecution provided by Subsection (a) is 20 not available to a defendant who commits an offense described by 21 Subsection (a) as a condition of the defendant's or the victim's 22 Initiation or continued membership in a criminal street gang, as 23 defined by Section 71.01. 24 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 184, Chapter 273,
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2007-04/2007-06;
[Austin, Texas].
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