85R5811 ATP-D     By: Zedler H.B. No. 1054       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the offense of retaliation against a presidential   elector.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 276.001(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a   voter, including a presidential elector, who has voted for or   against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal   how the voter voted, the person knowingly:                (1)  harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful   act; or                (2)  with respect to a voter over whom the person has   authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to   subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit   of employment.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.