85R6425 LHC-D
By: Meyer, Thompson of Harris, Parker H.B. No. 1667
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of promotion
of prostitution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony
[Class A misdemeanor], except that the offense is:
(1) a felony of the third degree [state jail felony] if
the actor has been previously convicted of an offense under this
section; or
(2) a felony of the second degree if the actor engages
in conduct described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) involving a person
younger than 18 years of age engaging in prostitution, regardless
of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the
actor commits] the offense.
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, 2017.