89R16016 EAS-D     By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 4644       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of   cockfighting.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.105(g), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g)  An offense under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) is a Class A   misdemeanor [state jail felony].  An offense under Subsection   (b)(3), (4), [or] (5), or (6) is a Class C [A] misdemeanor.  [An   offense under Subsection (b)(6) is a Class C misdemeanor, except   that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial   of the offense that the person has been previously convicted of an   offense under that subdivision.]          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, 2025.