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      By: Isaac H.B. No. 5215       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the criminal penalty for practicing chiropractic   without a license; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 201.605, Occupations Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 201.605.  CRIMINAL PENALTY: PRACTICE WITHOUT LICENSE.   (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section   201.301.          (b)   An [ Except as provided by Subsection (c), an ] offense   under this section is a felony of the third degree [ Class A   misdemeanor ].          (c)  [ If it is shown on the trial of the offense that the   defendant has been previously convicted under Subsection (a), the   offense is a felony of the third degree. ]          [ (d) ]  Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.          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.