88R2753 MM-D     By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 4480       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution and punishment of a criminal offense   relating to making false statements or reports of child abuse or   neglect.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 261.107(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to   deceive, the person knowingly makes a report as provided in this   chapter that is false.  An offense under this subsection is:                (1)  a state jail felony; or                (2)  [unless it is shown on the trial of the offense   that the person has previously been convicted under this section,   in which case the offense is] a felony of the third degree if it is   shown on the trial of the offense that the person:                      (A)  has previously been convicted under this   section; or                      (B)  committed the offense because of bias or   prejudice as described by Article 42.014, Code of Criminal   Procedure.          SECTION 2.  Section 261.107(a), Family Code, as amended 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.