89R21814 MZM-F
By: Hull H.B. No. 2073
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2073:
By: Louderback C.S.H.B. No. 2073
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations
of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving
family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse,
indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.07(g), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(g) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except the offense is:
(1) subject to Subdivision (2), a state jail felony
if:
(A) it is shown at the trial of the offense that
the defendant violated an order issued under Subchapter A, Chapter
7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, following the defendant's
conviction of or placement on deferred adjudication community
supervision for an offense, if the order was issued with respect to
a victim of that offense; or
(B) the defendant violates an order or a
condition of bond in the manner described by Subsection (a)(1),
(2), (3), (5), (6), or (7) while possessing a deadly weapon; or
(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the
trial of the offense that the defendant:
(A) has previously been convicted two or more
times of an offense under this section or two or more times of an
offense under Section 25.072, or has previously been convicted of
an offense under this section and an offense under Section 25.072;
or
(B) has violated the order or the condition of
bond by committing an assault or the offense of stalking.
SECTION 2. Section 25.072(e), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree, except the offense is a felony of the second degree if it is
shown on the trial of the offense that at least one time the person
engaged in conduct that was punishable as a state jail felony under
Section 25.07(g)(1)(B).
SECTION 3. 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 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.