87R9284 TSS-D     By: Martinez Fischer, Guillen H.B. No. 2725       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for using certain   materially false or misleading statements in the commission of the   offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.51(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c-1)  An offense described for purposes of punishment by   Subsections (c)(1)-(3) is increased to the next higher category of   offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:                (1)  the offense was committed against an elderly   individual as defined by Section 22.04; [or]                (2)  the actor fraudulently used identifying   information with the intent to facilitate an offense under Article   62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure; or                 (3)  the actor used a materially false or misleading   statement regarding the availability, provision, or distribution   of a vaccine to obtain the identifying information.          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, 2021.