By: Lozano H.B. No. 770       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail   jumping and failure to appear.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 38.10, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as   follows:          (d)  Except as otherwise provided by this section [in   Subsections (e) and (f)], an offense under this section is a Class A   misdemeanor.          (g)  An offense under this section is a felony of the first   degree if the offense for which the actor's appearance was required   is an offense under Section 19.02 (murder) or 19.03 (capital   murder).          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   covered by the law in effect when 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 was committed before that   date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.