By: Guillen H.B. No. 379       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of false   caller identification information display.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 33A.051, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read   as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person[, with the   intent to defraud or cause harm,] makes a call or engages in any   other conduct using any type of technology that results in the   display on another person's telecommunications device of data that   misrepresents the actor's identity or telephone number.          (b)  An offense under this section is a Class B [A]   misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the   actor committed the offense with the intent to defraud or cause   harm.          (c)  it is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this   section that the identity or telephone number displayed:                (1)  is a working number at which calls or any other   conduct using any type of technology are answered; and                (2)  legally belongs to:                      (A)  the actor;                      (B)  the actor's legal employer;                      (C)  the actor's coworker or associate;                      (D)  the person or entity legally contracting the   actor to call or engage in any other conduct using any type of   technology for a lawful purpose; or                      (E)  the person or entity the actor is   volunteering for to call or engage in any other conduct using any   type of technology for a lawful purpose.          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, 2025.