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            H.B. No. 1243
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; 
         
            increasing a criminal penalty.
         
                   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 which event 
         
            it is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].
         
                   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 September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the House on April 
         
            28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 88, Nays 60, 1 present, not 
         
            voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to 
         
            H.B. No. 1243 on May 26, 2023, and requested the appointment of a 
         
            conference committee to consider the differences between the two 
         
            houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report 
         
            on H.B. No. 1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 86, 
         
            Nays 56, 2 present, not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the Senate, with 
         
            amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 19, Nays 
         
            11; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference 
         
            committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and 
         
            that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 
         
            1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 19, Nays 12.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate   
         
            APPROVED: __________________
         
                            Date       
         
                     __________________
         
                          Governor       
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Election Code 64.012 (Election Code 64)
House Committee Report: Election Code 64.012 (Election Code 64)
Engrossed: Election Code 64.012 (Election Code 64)
Senate Committee Report: Election Code 64.012 (Election Code 64)
Enrolled: Election Code 64.012 (Election Code 64)




	AN ACT
	relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting;
	increasing a criminal penalty.
	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 which event
	it is a state jail felony [~~Class A misdemeanor~~].
	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 September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the House on April
	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 88, Nays 60, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 1243 on May 26, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 86,
	Nays 56, 2 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays
	11; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	1243 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor