System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.

  84R80 MEW-D
 
  By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 1570
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under
  this section is a:
               (1)  felony of the third degree [state jail felony] if
  committed in a building other than a habitation; or
               (2)  felony of the second degree if committed in a
  habitation.
         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 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, 2015.