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HB 2407

AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Increases criminal penalties for sex offenders who fail to comply with registration requirements or fraudulently use identifying information. Specifically, if a sex offender is convicted of a related offense and has a previous conviction, their punishment will be elevated to the next highest offense category. The law applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025, and aims to create stricter consequences for repeat sex offender registration violations.

Subject Areas

Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual SEXUAL OFFENDERS

Bill Text

relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of
certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Articles 62.102(c) and (d), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(c)  If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or
an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person
has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit
an offense under this article, the [punishment for the] offense or
the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the [punishment
for the] next highest category of offense [degree of felony].
(d)  If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense
under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this
article that the person fraudulently used identifying information
in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or
attempted commission of the offense, the [punishment for the]
offense or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to [the
punishment for] the next highest category of offense [degree of
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 was
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

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