By: Schaefer, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1730
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2023;
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure;
increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
except that the offense is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial
of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one
time of an offense under this section; and
(2) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of
the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted two or
more times of an offense under this section.
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, 2023.
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