Bill Text: TX HB272 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB272 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB272-Introduced.html
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By: Perez of Harris | H.B. No. 272 |
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or | ||
possession of credit card or debit card information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 13A, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 13A.2551 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Art. 13A.2551. FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARD | ||
OR DEBIT CARD INFORMATION. An offense under Section 32.315, Penal | ||
Code, may be prosecuted in any county in which the offense was | ||
committed or in the county of residence for any person whose credit | ||
card or debit card information was unlawfully obtained, possessed, | ||
transferred, or used by the defendant. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 38.19(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This article applies to the trial of an offense under | ||
any of the following sections of the Penal Code: | ||
(1) Section 32.21 (Forgery); | ||
(2) Section 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse); | ||
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(3) Section 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of | ||
Identifying Information); or | ||
(4) Section 32.315 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of | ||
Credit Card or Debit Card Information). | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commenced before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |