By: King	S.B. No. 1637
	(In the Senate - Filed February 25, 2025; March 11, 2025,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
	April 3, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 3, 2025,
	sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1637	By:  King

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.05, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
	follows:
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection,
	recklessness [Recklessness] and danger are presumed if the actor
	knowingly pointed a firearm at or in the direction of another
	whether or not the actor believed the firearm to be loaded. The
	presumption under this subsection does not apply to a peace officer
	engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's official duties.
	(f)  Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to a peace officer
	engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's official duties.
	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, 2025.
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