89R2580 LHC-D
By: Olcott H.B. No. 2590
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, as amended by
Chapters 351 (S.B. 1179) and 822 (H.B. 1730), Acts of the 88th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and 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:
(A) has been previously convicted two or more
times of an offense under this section; or
(B) has been previously convicted of or placed on
deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense that is
considered to be a reportable conviction or adjudication, as
defined by Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(3) a felony of the third degree if the actor is
civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841,
Health and Safety Code.
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. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.