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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