Bill Text: TX SB1059 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1059

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1059 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1059-Introduced.html

	88R8170 SHH-D

	By: Hughes	S.B. No. 1059



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure;
	increasing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
	except that the offense is:
	(1) a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial
	of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one
	time of an offense under this section; and
	(2) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of
	the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted two or
	more times of an offense under this section.
	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.