HB 272

H.B. No. 272
  AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or
  possession of credit card or debit card information.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 13A, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Article 13A.2551 to read as
  follows:
         Art. 13A.2551.  FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARD
  OR DEBIT CARD INFORMATION.  An offense under Section 32.315, Penal
  Code, may be prosecuted in any county in which the offense was
  committed or in the county of residence for any person whose credit
  card or debit card information was unlawfully obtained, possessed,
  transferred, or used by the defendant. 
         SECTION 2.  Article 38.19(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This article applies to the trial of an offense under
  any of the following sections of the Penal Code:
               (1)  Section 32.21 (Forgery);
               (2)  Section 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse);
  [or]
               (3)  Section 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of
  Identifying Information); or
               (4)  Section 32.315 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of
  Credit Card or Debit Card Information).
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective date
  of this Act.  A criminal proceeding that commenced before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
  ______________________________
  ______________________________
     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I certify that H.B. No. 272 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 19, 2 present, not
  voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 272 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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                   Governor