87R733 JRR-D     By: Murr H.B. No. 285       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct   constituting the criminal offense of obstruction or retaliation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 36.06(c), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third   degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if:                (1)  the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened   because of the victim's service or status as a public servant   [juror]; or                (2)  the actor's conduct is described by Subsection   (a-1) and results in the bodily injury of a public servant or a   member of a public servant's family or household.          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, 2021.