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2	2	By: Schatzline H.B. No. 2052
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for the
10	10	offense of trafficking of persons.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 20A.02(b), Penal Code, as amended by
13	13	Chapters 93 (S.B. 1527) and 452 (H.B. 3554), Acts of the 88th
14	14	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection and
17	17	Subsection (b-1), an offense under this section is a felony of the
18	18	second degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years. An
19	19	offense under this section is a felony of the first degree with a
20	20	minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years if:
21	21	(1) the applicable conduct constitutes an offense
22	22	under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether
23	23	the actor knows the age of the child or whether the actor knows the
24	24	victim is disabled at the time of the offense;
25	25	(2) the commission of the offense results in serious
26	26	bodily injury to or the death of the person who is trafficked; [or]
27	27	(3) the commission of the offense results in the death
28	28	of an unborn child of the person who is trafficked; or
29	29	(4) the actor:
30	30	(A) used or exhibited a deadly weapon during the
31	31	commission of the offense; or
32	32	(B) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
33	33	impeded the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of the
34	34	trafficked person by applying pressure to the person's throat or
35	35	neck or by blocking the person's nose or mouth.
36	36	SECTION 2. Section 20A.02(b-1), Penal Code, as amended by
37	37	Chapters 451 (H.B. 3553) and 452 (H.B. 3554), Acts of the 88th
38	38	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to
39	39	read as follows:
40	40	(b-1) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
41	41	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
42	42	Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or
43	43	less than 25 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense that
44	44	the actor committed the offense in a location that was:
45	45	(1) on the premises of or within 1,000 feet of the
46	46	premises of:
47	47	(A) a school; [or]
48	48	(B) an institution of higher education or private
49	49	or independent institution of higher education, as defined by
50	50	Section 61.003, Education Code;
51	51	(C) [(B)] a juvenile detention facility;
52	52	(D) [(C)] a post-adjudication secure
53	53	correctional facility;
54	54	(E) [(D)] a shelter or facility operating as a
55	55	residential treatment center that serves runaway youth, foster
56	56	children, people who are homeless, or persons subjected to human
57	57	trafficking, domestic violence, or sexual assault;
58	58	(F) [(E)] a community center offering youth
59	59	services and programs; or
60	60	(G) [(F)] a child-care facility, as defined by
61	61	Section 42.002, Human Resources Code; or
62	62	(2) on the premises where or within 1,000 feet of the
63	63	premises where:
64	64	(A) an official school function was taking place;
65	65	or
66	66	(B) an event sponsored or sanctioned by the
67	67	University Interscholastic League was taking place.
68	68	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
69	69	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
70	70	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
71	71	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
72	72	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
73	73	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
74	74	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
75	75	before that date.
76	76	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.