Bill Text: TX HB1811 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - No action taken in committee [HB1811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1811-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 1811 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an | ||
| electronic monitoring device. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 38.112 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.112. TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE. | ||
| (a) A person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of | ||
| the person's location as a condition of release on parole or to | ||
| mandatory supervision commits an offense if the person knowingly | ||
| removes or disables or attempts to remove or disable a tracking | ||
| device that the person is required to wear to enable the electronic | ||
| monitoring of the person's location. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
