H.R. No. 2462
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 12 (the authority to
regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those
performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public
property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years
of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense)
to consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 3 of the bill, by
adding Section 43.28(a)(1)(E), Penal Code, to read as follows:
(E) the exhibition of sexual gesticulations
using accessories or prosthetics that exaggerate male or female
sexual characteristics
Explanation: The change is necessary to add additional
conduct to the definition of sexual conduct.
Shaheen
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2462 was adopted by the House on May
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 87, Nays 44, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House