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| 1 | 1 | By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 1774 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for | |
| 9 | 9 | the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful | |
| 10 | 10 | material to a minor. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is repealed. | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 14 | 14 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 15 | 15 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 16 | 16 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 17 | 17 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 18 | 18 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 19 | 19 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 20 | 20 | before that date. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |