TITLE: Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.

SUMMARY: Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.

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