By: Huffines S.B. No. 88
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for certain voting-related offenses
committed or attempted by persons who are not citizens of the United
States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.007(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
unless the person is not a citizen of the United States. In that
case, the offense is a state jail felony.
SECTION 2. Section 64.012, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [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].
(c) If a person is convicted of an attempt to commit an
offense under this section, the offense is:
(1) a state jail felony, if the person is a citizen of
the United States; or
(2) a felony of the third degree, if the person is not
a citizen of the United States.
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 December 1, 2017.