88R15356 TYPED
 
  By: Herrero, Anchía, Hefner H.B. No. 2984
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an
  electronic monitoring device.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 38.112 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.112.  TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.  
  (a)  A person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of
  the person's location as part of an electronic monitoring program
  under Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a condition
  of community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or
  release on bail commits an offense if the person knowingly removes
  or disables a tracking device that the person is required to wear to
  enable the electronic monitoring of the person's location.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
  except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the
  person is in the super-intensive supervision program described by
  Section 508.317(d), Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.