89R8634 MZM-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 2407
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of
certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration
requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Articles 62.102(c) and (d), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(c) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or
an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person
has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit
an offense under this article, the [punishment for the] offense or
the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the [punishment
for the] next highest category of offense [degree of felony].
(d) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense
under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this
article that the person fraudulently used identifying information
in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or
attempted commission of the offense, the [punishment for the]
offense or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to [the
punishment for] the next highest category of offense [degree of
felony].
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 was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.