By: Springer, Menéndez S.B. No. 2610               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the offense of official oppression.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read   as follows:          (a)  A public servant acting under color of the public   servant's [his] office or employment commits an offense if the   public servant [he]:                (1)  intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or   to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment,   or lien that the public servant [he] knows is unlawful;                (2)  intentionally denies or impedes another in the   exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity,   knowing the public servant's [his] conduct is unlawful; [or]                (3)  intentionally subjects another to sexual   harassment; or                (4)  directly provides an alcoholic beverage to a   legislative employee or intern who is younger than 21 years of age.          (d)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) [this   section] is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the [an] offense is a   felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the   intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas   Education Agency through the Public Education Information   Management System (PEIMS) described by Sections 48.008 and 48.009,   Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting.          (e)  An offense under Subsection (a)(4) is a Class A   misdemeanor with a term of confinement of one year.          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.