Bill Text: TX HB2192 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for election fraud.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Elections [HB2192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2192-Introduced.html
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By: Murr | H.B. No. 2192 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for election fraud. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 276.013(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony | ||
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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |