SB1208 • 2025

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: King
Last action: 2025-05-14
Official status: 05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Effective date: Not listed

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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

2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the Senate
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendments
2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online
Vote taken in committee
2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Justice
2025-02-10 Texas Legislature Online
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
2025-02-10 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) SB 1208 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: King

S.B. No. 1208

(Cook, Lujan, Louderback, McQueeney, Capriglione)

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.