Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
Texas SB57: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain acts of official oppression.
Status: Introduced, August 28, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain acts of official oppression.
From the introduced text, August 28, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain acts of official oppression. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: (d)[ADDED: Except as otherwise provided by this section, an][[DELETED: An]] offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor[ADDED: .] [ADDED: (e) An][[DELETED: , except that an]] offense[ADDED: under this section]is a felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Sections 48.008 and 48.009, Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting. [ADDED: (f)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: An offense under this section is a felony of the second ] [ADDED: degree if the public servant, at the time of the commission of the ] [ADDED: offense, was a peace officer and:] [ADDED: (1)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: caused bodily injury to another or threatened ] [ and] [ADDED: (2)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: while engaging in the conduct described by ] [ADDED: Subdivision (1):] [ or] [ADDED: (B) used or exhibited a deadly weapon.] [ADDED: (g)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: If conduct constituting an offense under this …
Sponsors
- Borris Miles (D, SD-013) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed
- : Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Subjects: Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment, Crimes--Against Persons--General
Common questions
- What is SB57?
- SB57 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain acts of official oppression.
- What does SB57 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain acts of official oppression.
- What is the status of SB57?
- Introduced as of August 28, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 28, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB57?
- Borris Miles (D, SD-013).
- Where is the official record for SB57?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB00057
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