By: Crockett H.B. No. 3875
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to narrowing the definition of the offense of compelling
prostitution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 43.05. COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) causes another by force, threat, coercion, or fraud to
commit prostitution.;
(2) causes by any means a child younger than 18 years to
commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the age
of the child at the time of the offense.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to conduct
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act, except that
a final conviction for an offense that exists on the effective date
of this Act is unaffected by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.