86R3080 JRR-D
By: Hunter H.B. No. 3587
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated
kidnapping; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person
intentionally or knowingly abducts a child younger than 18 years of
age.
(b-2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
Subsection (b-1) that:
(1) the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or
to threaten to use deadly force;
(2) the actor was a relative of the victim; and
(3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful
control of the victim.
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, 2019.