H.B. No. 1243
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting;
increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, 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 which event
it is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].
SECTION 2. 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 when 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, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 88, Nays 60, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1243 on May 26, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 86,
Nays 56, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays
11; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor