H.B. No. 1730         AN ACT   relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure;   increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,   except that the offense is:                (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial   of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one   time of an offense under this section; and                (2)  a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of   the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted two or   more times of an offense under this section.          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, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the House on April   13, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor