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  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.