Bill Text: TX SB1208 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-10 - Filed [SB1208 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1208-Introduced.html

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89R8215 JDK-F
By: King S.B. No. 1208

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of
interference with public duties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony
[Class B misdemeanor].
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.