Bill Text: TX HB2299 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for election fraud.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Elections [HB2299 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2299-Introduced.html

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88R9474 TSS-F
By: Holland H.B. No. 2299

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[Class A misdemeanor, unless:
[(1) the person committed the offense while acting in
the person's capacity as an elected official, in which case the
offense is a state jail felony; or
[(2) the person is convicted of an attempt, in which
case the offense is a Class B misdemeanor].
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.