Bill Text: TX HB39 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Elections [HB39 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB39-Introduced.html

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By: Murr H.B. No. 39

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty.
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].
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.