89R6038 PRL-F     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2154       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the definition of private place for gambling criminal   offense purposes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 47.01(8), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:                (8)  "Private place" means a place to which the public   does not have access, and excludes, among other places, streets,   highways, restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, commercial gaming   enterprises, schools, hospitals, and the common areas of apartment   houses, hotels, motels, office buildings, transportation   facilities, and shops.  For purposes of this subdivision,   "commercial gaming enterprise" includes a for-profit poker club,   card club, or game room.          SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.