2023S0143-1 02/15/23
By: Huffman S.B. No. 1004
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an
electronic monitoring device.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Section 38.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.112. TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.
(a) A person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of
the person's location as part of an electronic monitoring program
under Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a condition
of community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or
release on bail commits an offense if the person knowingly removes
or disables a tracking device that the person is required to wear to
enable the electronic monitoring of the person's location.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the
person is in the super-intensive supervision program described by
Section 508.317(d), Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.