By: Parker  S.B. No. 1267
         (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2023; March 9, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 26, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 26, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of
  a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 20.07(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
  degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if
  it is shown on the trial of the offense that as a direct result of
  the commission of the offense:
               (1)  an individual became a victim of sexual assault,
  as defined by Section 22.011, or aggravated sexual assault, as
  defined by Section 22.021; or
               (2)  an individual suffered serious bodily injury or
  death [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 the
  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.
 
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