| 1 | 1 | | 88R7705 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Plesa H.B. No. 5179 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to creating a cause of action for nonconsensual condom |
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| 8 | 8 | | removal. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Chapter 98C to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 98C. LIABILITY FOR NONCONSENSUAL REMOVAL OF CONDOM DURING |
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| 13 | 13 | | INTERCOURSE |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 98C.001. LIABILITY FOR NONCONSENSUAL REMOVAL OF CONDOM |
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| 15 | 15 | | DURING INTERCOURSE. A defendant is liable to an individual if the |
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| 16 | 16 | | defendant, after removing a condom without the individual's |
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| 17 | 17 | | consent, caused contact between the defendant's sexual organ and |
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| 18 | 18 | | the individual's anus or sexual organ. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 98C.002. DAMAGES. (a) A court shall award a claimant |
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| 20 | 20 | | who prevails in an action brought under this chapter: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) actual damages, including damages for mental |
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| 22 | 22 | | anguish; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) appropriate injunctive relief; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) court costs; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) reasonable attorney's fees. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) In addition to an award under Subsection (a), a claimant |
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| 27 | 27 | | who prevails in an action brought under this chapter may recover |
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| 28 | 28 | | exemplary damages. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 30 | 30 | | to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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| 31 | 31 | | this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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