Bill Text: TX HB910 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB910 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB910-Introduced.html
| By: DeAyala | H.B. No. 910 | |
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| relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 13.41 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 13.41. ELECTION OFFENSES. (a) An offense classified | ||
| as a felony under the Election Code, or a felony offense otherwise | ||
| related to an election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in | ||
| a judicial district adjoining the judicial district in which the | ||
| offense occurred. | ||
| (b) An offense classified as a misdemeanor under the | ||
| Election Code, or a misdemeanor offense otherwise related to an | ||
| election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in a county | ||
| adjoining the county in which the offense occurred. | ||
| (c) A county has exclusive jurisdiction over offenses | ||
| within its jurisdiction until 90 days after the Governor's | ||
| certification of election under Section 67.016, Election Code for | ||
| the election during which the offense occurred. | ||
| (d) If an offense did not occur during an election, the | ||
| county where an offense took place has exclusive jurisdiction over | ||
| offenses within its jurisdiction for 90 days after the offense is | ||
| discovered. | ||
| (e) If a prosecution under this section would be foreclosed | ||
| under Section 12.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, a prosecution may | ||
| be brought earlier than provided in subsections (c) and (d). | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a violation of law that occurs on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A violation that occurs before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation | ||
| occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation of law occurred | ||
| before the effective date of this Act if any element of the | ||
| violation occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
