Bill Text: TX HB1253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1253

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1253-Introduced.html

	88R494 MCF-D

	By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 1253



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the offense of sale, distribution,
	or display of harmful material to a minor; increasing a criminal
	penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.24(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
	except that an offense [~~Class A misdemeanor unless it is committed~~]
	under Subsection (b)(3) [~~in which event it~~] is a felony of the third
	degree.
	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.