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HB2915 • 2025

Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Shaheen
Last action
2025-05-02
Official status
05/02/2025 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  2. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  3. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

  4. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  5. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  6. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  7. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  8. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  9. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  10. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  11. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2915 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R10338 BEE-F

By: Shaheen

H.B. No. 2915

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the criminal penalty for rigging a publicly exhibited

contest; increasing a criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 32.44(c), Penal Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(c) An offense under this section is a
state jail felony

[
Class A misdemeanor
].

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 when 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.