Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1347 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R1531 LHC-D
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 1347
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a
10	10	child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 32.53(a), Penal Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subdivisions (1-a), (1-b), and (3) and amending Subdivision
14	14	(2) to read as follows:
15	15	(1-a) "Coercion" as defined by Section 1.07 includes:
16	16	(A) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or
17	17	withholding from a person, or threatening to destroy, conceal,
18	18	confiscate, or withhold from a person, the person's actual or
19	19	purported:
20	20	(i) government records; or
21	21	(ii) identifying information or documents;
22	22	(B) providing a controlled substance to a person
23	23	for the purpose of impairing the person's ability to appraise the
24	24	nature of or resist engaging in any conduct;
25	25	(C) physically restraining or confining a person
26	26	or threatening to physically restrain or confine a person;
27	27	(D) exposing or threatening to expose
28	28	information that would tend to subject a person to criminal or
29	29	immigration proceedings; or
30	30	(E) causing or threatening to cause financial
31	31	harm to a person or using financial control over a person.
32	32	(1-b) "Deception" means:
33	33	(A) creating or confirming by words or conduct a
34	34	false impression of law or fact that is likely to affect the
35	35	judgment of another in the transaction, and that the actor does not
36	36	believe to be true; or
37	37	(B) promising performance that is likely to
38	38	affect the judgment of another in the transaction and that the actor
39	39	does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed.
40	40	(2) "Exploitation" means the illegal or improper use
41	41	of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual or of the
42	42	resources of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual
43	43	through undue influence, harassment, duress, false representation,
44	44	false pretense, or other similar means [for monetary or personal
45	45	benefit, profit, or gain].
46	46	(3) "Isolation" means preventing a person from having
47	47	contact with the person's friends or family, a welfare agency,
48	48	peace officers, health care providers, or other individuals or
49	49	entities without the knowledge or consent of the person.
50	50	SECTION 2. Section 32.53(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
51	51	as follows:
52	52	(b) A person commits an offense if the person, through
53	53	exploitation, deception, coercion, or isolation, knowingly
54	54	appropriates the resources of a child, elderly individual, or
55	55	disabled individual for the person's own monetary or personal
56	56	benefit or for the monetary or personal benefit of another person
57	57	other than the child, elderly individual, or disabled individual
58	58	[intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes the exploitation
59	59	of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual].
60	60	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
61	61	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
62	62	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
63	63	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
64	64	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
65	65	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
66	66	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
67	67	before that date.
68	68	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.