By: Huffman S.B. No. 1653
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of
prostitution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree, except that the offense is:
(1) a felony of the second degree if the actor has been
previously convicted of an offense under this section; or
(2) a felony of the first degree if the actor engages
in conduct described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) involving a person
younger than 18 years of age [engaging in prostitution], regardless
of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the
offense.
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, 2023.
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