By: Middleton, Hall S.B. No. 456     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a   criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (d)  An offense under [A violation of] this section is a   state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 164.0571 to read as follows:          Sec. 164.0571.  REQUIRED REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR PROCEDURE   INVOLVING CERTAIN HUMAN ORGANS. The board shall revoke the license   of a physician if the physician knowingly uses a human organ   obtained in violation of Section 48.02, Penal Code, in a medical   procedure.          SECTION 3.  Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, as amended 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.  Section 164.0571, Occupations Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.