Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stal, the official text

H.B. No. 2073

AN ACT

relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations

of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving

family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse,

indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25.07(g), Penal Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(g) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except the offense is:

(1) subject to Subdivision (2), a state jail felony

if:

(A) it is shown at the trial of the offense that

the defendant violated an order issued under Subchapter A, Chapter

7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, following the defendant's

conviction of or placement on deferred adjudication community

supervision for an offense, if the order was issued with respect to

a victim of that offense; or

(B) the defendant violates an order or a

condition of bond in the manner described by Subsection (a)(1),

(2), (3), (5), (6), or (7) while possessing a deadly weapon; or

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the

trial of the offense that the defendant:

(A) has previously been convicted two or more

times of an offense under this section or two or more times of an

offense under Section 25.072, or has previously been convicted of

an offense under this section and an offense under Section 25.072;

or

(B) has violated the order or the condition of

bond by committing an assault or the offense of stalking.

SECTION 2. Section 25.072(e), Penal Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third

degree, except the offense is a felony of the second degree if it is

shown on the trial of the offense that at least one time the person

engaged in conduct that was punishable as a state jail felony under

Section 25.07(g)(1)(B).

SECTION 3. 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 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2073 was passed by the House on May

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2073 was passed by the Senate on May

26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor