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HB3565 • 2025

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Cook | Lujan | Louderback | McQueeney | Capriglione
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
05/01/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
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 increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

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

  2. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  3. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  4. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  5. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  6. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  7. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  8. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 3565 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R8215 JDK-F

By: Cook

H.B. No. 3565

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of

interference with public duties.

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

SECTION 1. Section 38.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read

as follows:

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

[
Class B misdemeanor
].

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.