H.B. No. 2407         AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of   certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration   requirements.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Articles 62.102(c) and (d), Code of Criminal   Procedure, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or   an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person   has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit   an offense under this article, the [punishment for the] offense or   the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the [punishment   for the] next highest category of offense [degree of felony].          (d)  If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense   under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this   article that the person fraudulently used identifying information   in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or   attempted commission of the offense, the [punishment for the]   offense or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to [the   punishment for] the next highest category of offense [degree of   felony].          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 was   committed before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2407 was passed by the House on May   14, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2407 was passed by the Senate on May   27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor