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.