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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 351 (S.B. 1179) and 822 (H.B. 1730), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial |
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of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one |
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time of an offense under this section; [and] |
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(2) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of |
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the offense that the defendant: |
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(A) has been previously convicted two or more |
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times of an offense under this section; or |
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(B) has been previously convicted of or placed on |
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deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense that is |
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considered to be a reportable conviction or adjudication, as |
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defined by Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
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(3) a felony of the third degree if the actor is |
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civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, |
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Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |