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