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                                                                  H.B. No. 383




AN ACT

relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 151.001, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  Only the following persons may use corporal punishment 
for the reasonable discipline of a child:
		(1)  a parent or grandparent of the child;                             
		(2)  a stepparent of the child who has the duty of 
control and reasonable discipline of the child; and
		(3)  an individual who is a guardian of the child and 
who has the duty of control and reasonable discipline of the child.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 383 was passed by the House on April 
19, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 383 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor