88R15356 TYPED     By: Herrero, Anchía, Hefner H.B. No. 2984       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an   electronic monitoring device.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Section 38.112 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.112.  TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.     (a)  A person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of   the person's location as part of an electronic monitoring program   under Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a condition   of community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or   release on bail commits an offense if the person knowingly removes   or disables a tracking device that the person is required to wear to   enable the electronic monitoring of the person's location.          (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony,   except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the   person is in the super-intensive supervision program described by   Section 508.317(d), Government Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.