Bill Text: TX SB48 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for committing certain offenses relating to elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-04 - Filed [SB48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB48-Introduced.html

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87S30490 TSS-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 48

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for committing certain
offenses relating to elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, as effective
December 2, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt. In that case,
the offense is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].
SECTION 2. Section 276.013(b), Election Code, as effective
December 2, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
unless[:
[(1)] the person committed the offense while acting in
the person's capacity as an elected official, in which case the
offense is a state jail felony[; or
[(2) the person is convicted of an attempt, in which
case the offense is a Class B misdemeanor].
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.