89R1777 JDK-D     By: Anchía H.B. No. 1795       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct   constituting the offense of dog fighting or the offense of   cockfighting.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.10(e), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (e)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an   offense under this section is a state jail felony. An offense under   Subsection (a)(6) [(a)(4), (5), or (6)] is a Class A misdemeanor.     [An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) is a state jail   felony.]          SECTION 2.  Section 42.105(g), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an [An]   offense under this section [Subsection (b)(1) or (2)] is a state   jail felony.  An offense under Subsection (b)(5) [(b)(3), (4), or   (5)] is a Class 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 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.