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      By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 990     (Smithee)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct   constituting the offense of murder.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1(b), Article 37.071, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is repealed.          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   governed by the law in effect on the date 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 occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.