Bill Text: TX HB2915 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Filed [HB2915 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2915-Introduced.html
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| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 2915 | |
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| relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited | ||
| contest; increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.44(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (c) 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 when 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, 2025. | ||
