S.B. No. 762         AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of offenses involving cruelty to   animals; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.092, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to   read as follows:          (c)  An offense under Subsection (b)(3), (4), (5), (6), or   (9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state   jail felony if the person has previously been convicted two times   under this section, two times under Section 42.09, or one time under   this section and one time under Section 42.09.          (c-1)  An offense under Subsection (b)(1) or[,] (2) is a   felony of the third degree, except that the offense is a felony of   the second degree if the person has previously been convicted under   Subsection (b)(1), (2), (7), or (8) or under Section 42.09.          (c-2)  An offense under Subsection (b)(7)[, (7),] or (8) is a   state jail felony, except that the offense is a felony of the third   degree if the person has previously been convicted [two times]   under this section[, two times under Section 42.09,] or [one time   under this section and one time] under Section 42.09.          SECTION 2.  Section 821.023(b), Health and Safety Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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, 2017.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 762 passed the Senate on   May 3, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 7;   May 26, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and   requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2017, House   granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted   Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 27,   Nays 4.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 762 passed the House, with   amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 126,   Nays 20, one present not voting; May 26, 2017, House granted   request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;   May 28, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the   following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 28, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________               Date       ______________________________              Governor