87R10330 AJZ-F By: Allison H.B. No. 2150 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; increasing a criminal penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 42.03(c), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree [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.