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Sponsors
Cosponsors
House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Companion
SB 2435 by Parker (identical)
Subjects
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
Disabilities, Persons with
Minors--Crimes Against
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
PROSTITUTION
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The text as introduced · 355 words
89R2321 EAS-D
By: Johnson
H.B. No. 2761
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of
persons and continuous trafficking of persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20A.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) This subsection applies only to a prosecution for an
offense under Subsection (a)(7) or (8), in which the actor is
alleged to have caused a trafficked child or disabled individual to
engage in or become the victim of prostitution, as defined by
Section 43.01. It is not a defense to a prosecution described by
this subsection that the trafficked child or disabled individual:
(1) lacks the culpable mental state to engage in the
act of prostitution; or
(2) did not complete the act of prostitution.
SECTION 2. Section 20A.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) This subsection applies only to a prosecution for an
offense under this section based on conduct constituting an offense
under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), in which the actor is alleged to
have caused for one or more times a trafficked child or disabled
individual to engage in or become the victim of prostitution as
defined by Section 43.01. It is not a defense to a prosecution
described by this subsection that the trafficked child or disabled
individual:
(1) lacks the culpable mental state to engage in the
act of prostitution; or
(2) did not complete the act of prostitution.
SECTION 3. 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 was
committed before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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