By: Kolkhorst, Middleton S.B. No. 726       Zaffirini     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of   intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 49.09(b-2), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b-2)  An offense under Section 49.08 is a felony of the   first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the   person caused the death of:                (1)  a person described by Subsection (b-1); or                (2)  more than one person during the same criminal   transaction.          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.