88R10986 SHH-D     By: Cook H.B. No. 2577       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]   misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is   shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been   previously convicted of an offense under this section.          (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b):                (1)  a defendant has been previously convicted under   this section if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the offense or   entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for a grant of   deferred adjudication community supervision, regardless of whether   a sentence for the offense was ever imposed on conviction or whether   the defendant successfully completed a period of supervision in   relation to the offense; and                (2)  a conviction under the laws of another state for an   offense containing elements that are substantially similar to the   elements of an offense under this section is a conviction 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.