87(3) SB 9 - Senate Committee Report version - Bill Text

	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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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [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 on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.
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