Bill Text: TX SB166 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for illegal voting; increasing criminal penalties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-22 - Co-author authorized [SB166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB166-Introduced.html
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 166 | |
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| relating to the punishment for illegal voting; increasing criminal | ||
| penalties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
| degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt. In that case, | ||
| the offense 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 immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
