Bill Text: TX SB9 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of illegal voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-08 - Co-author authorized [SB9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB9-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 9 | |
(In the Senate - Filed October 1, 2021; October 1, 2021, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | ||
October 4, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
Nays 2; October 4, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of | ||
illegal voting. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, as effective | ||
December 2, 2021, 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 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 on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. | ||
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