By: Shaheen (Senate Sponsor - King) H.B. No. 1833          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;   May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;   May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1833 By:  Flores         COMMITTEE VOTE              YeaNayAbsentPNV          WhitmireX          FloresX          BettencourtX          HinojosaX          HuffmanX          KingX          MilesX     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of   criminal mischief involving a critical infrastructure facility or   public power supply.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 28.03, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (l) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (f), [and] (h), and   (l), an offense under this section is:                (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if:                      (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss is less than   $100; or                      (B)  except as provided in Subdivision (3)(A) or   (3)(B), it causes substantial inconvenience to others;                (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary   loss is $100 or more but less than $750;                (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if:                      (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss is $750 or more   but less than $2,500; or                      (B)  the actor causes in whole or in part   impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to   be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including   installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any   public water supply, regardless of the amount of the pecuniary   loss;                (4)  a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss   is:                      (A)  $2,500 or more but less than $30,000;                      (B)  less than $2,500, if the property damaged or   destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or destruction is caused   by a firearm or explosive weapon;                      (C)  less than $2,500, if the property was a fence   used for the production or containment of:                            (i)  cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine,   goats, exotic livestock, or exotic poultry; or                            (ii)  game animals as that term is defined by   Section 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code; or                      (D)  less than $30,000 and the actor:                            (i)  causes wholly or partly impairment or   interruption of property used for flood control purposes or a dam or   of public communications, public transportation, public gas [or   power] supply, or other public service; or                            (ii)  causes to be diverted wholly, partly,   or in any manner, including installation or removal of any device   for any such purpose, any public communications or public gas [or   power] supply;                (5)  a felony of the third degree if:                      (A)  the amount of the pecuniary loss is $30,000   or more but less than $150,000;                      (B)  the actor, by discharging a firearm or other   weapon or by any other means, causes the death of one or more head of   cattle or bison or one or more horses; [or]                      (C)  the actor causes wholly or partly impairment   or interruption of access to an automated teller machine,   regardless of the amount of the pecuniary loss; or                      (D)  the amount of pecuniary loss is less than   $150,000 and the actor:                            (i)  causes wholly or partly impairment of a   critical infrastructure facility or interruption of the operations   of a critical infrastructure facility; or                            (ii)  causes to be diverted wholly, partly,   or in any manner, including installation or removal of any device   for any such purpose, any public power supply;                (6)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of   pecuniary loss is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or                (7)  a felony of the first degree if the amount of   pecuniary loss is $300,000 or more.          (l)  An offense under this section is:                (1)  a felony of the second degree if:                      (A)  the tangible property damaged, destroyed, or   tampered with is a critical infrastructure facility; and                      (B)  the actor causes an extended power outage; or                (2)  a felony of the first degree if:                      (A)  the tangible property damaged, destroyed, or   tampered with is a critical infrastructure facility;                      (B)  the actor causes an extended power outage;   and                      (C)  either:                            (i)  the amount of pecuniary damage to the   critical infrastructure facility is $100,000 or more; or                            (ii)  the actor uses a firearm, drone, cyber   attack, or explosive weapon in the commission of the offense.          SECTION 2.  Section 28.03(g), Penal Code, is amended by   adding Subdivisions (10), (11), (12), and (13) to read as follows:                (10)  "Critical infrastructure facility" means an   electrical power generating facility, substation, switching   station, electrical control center, or electrical transmission or   distribution facility.                (11)  "Cyber attack" means an attempt to damage,   disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to a computer, computer   network, or computer system.                (12)  "Drone" has the meaning assigned by Article 2.33,   Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 1011 (H.B. 1758),   Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021.                (13)  "Extended power outage" means a power outage:                      (A)  lasting for two hours or more; or                      (B)  affecting 1,000 or more meters used to   measure electric energy consumption by retail customers.          SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *