H.B. No. 1730
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor