TITLE: Relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of cockfighting.

SUMMARY: Relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of cockfighting.

FULL TEXT:
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 Cmisdemeanor, 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.