Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4070 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2023

                    By: Schaefer H.B. No. 4070


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the punishment for trafficking of persons, online
 solicitation of a minor, and prostitution and to the dissemination
 of certain information, including the required posting of certain
 signs, regarding human trafficking.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 37.086(a), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 37.086.  REQUIRED POSTING OF WARNING SIGNS OF INCREASED
 TRAFFICKING PENALTIES. (a) In this section:
 (1)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section
 481.134, Health and Safety Code.
 (2)  "School" means a public [or private] primary or
 secondary school.
 Section 2.  This Act take effect immediately if it receives a
 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
 act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effects on the 91st day after the last day of the
 legislative session.