H.B. No. 1730
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the House on April
13, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor