89R6027 JDK-D     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 978       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the repeal of the exception to the offense of unlawfully   prohibiting an employee from voting.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 276.004(b), Election Code, is repealed.          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.