Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB138 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 11/09/2020

                            87R1969 ADM-D
 By: Landgraf H.B. No. 138


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the
 offense of disorderly conduct; increasing a criminal penalty for
 certain conduct.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 42.01(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (d)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor
 unless committed under Subsection (a)(7), [or] (a)(8), or (a)(11),
 in which event it is a 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, 2021.