By: Thierry H.B. No. 4070       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT       relating to increasing the punishment for certain offenses that   occur on the grounds of a school district and involve expressions of   bias or prejudice against certain groups.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42.014(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the   [The] sentencing judge may, as a condition of punishment, require   attendance in an educational program to further tolerance and   acceptance of others. If an offense under Section 28.03 or 28.08,   Penal Code, occurred on the grounds of a school district, the   sentencing judge shall, as a condition of punishment, require   attendance in an educational program to further tolerance and   acceptance of others.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.