85R13491 KJE-D     By: Creighton S.B. No. 2221       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for certain sexual offenses   committed against a child with a disability.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.11, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  An offense under this section is increased to the next   higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the   offense that the offense was committed against a disabled   individual, as defined by Section 22.04.          SECTION 2.  Section 22.011(f), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (f)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second   degree, except that an offense under this section is a felony of the   first degree if:                (1)  the victim was a person whom the actor was   prohibited from marrying or purporting to marry or with whom the   actor was prohibited from living under the appearance of being   married under Section 25.01; or                (2)  the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(2)   against a disabled individual, as defined by Section 22.04.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.