89R16016 EAS-D
 
  By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 4644
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of
  cockfighting.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.105(g), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  An offense under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) is a Class A
  misdemeanor [state jail felony].  An offense under Subsection
  (b)(3), (4), [or] (5), or (6) is a Class C [A] misdemeanor.  [An
  offense under Subsection (b)(6) is a Class C misdemeanor, except
  that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial
  of the offense that the person has been previously convicted of an
  offense under that subdivision.]
         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, 2025.