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| 2 | 2 | | By: Plesa H.B. No. 2146 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to creating a cause of action for nonconsensual condom |
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| 10 | 10 | | removal or alteration. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Chapter 98C to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | CHAPTER 98C. LIABILITY FOR NONCONSENSUAL REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF |
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| 15 | 15 | | CONDOM DURING SEXUAL CONTACT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 98C.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Consent" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.07, Penal Code. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Sexual contact" means contact between the anus or |
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| 20 | 20 | | sexual organ of an individual and the anus or sexual organ of |
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| 21 | 21 | | another. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 98C.002. LIABILITY FOR NONCONSENSUAL REMOVAL OR |
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| 23 | 23 | | ALTERATION OF CONDOM DURING SEXUAL CONTACT. A defendant is liable |
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| 24 | 24 | | to an individual if the defendant, after intentionally removing, |
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| 25 | 25 | | altering, or otherwise rendering a condom less effective than |
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| 26 | 26 | | manufactured without the individual's consent, engages in sexual |
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| 27 | 27 | | contact with the individual without a condom if removed or using the |
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| 28 | 28 | | altered or less effective condom. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 98C.003. DAMAGES. (a) A court shall award a claimant |
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| 30 | 30 | | who prevails in an action brought under this chapter: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) actual damages, including damages for mental |
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| 32 | 32 | | anguish; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) court costs; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) reasonable attorney's fees. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) In addition to an award under Subsection (a), a claimant |
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| 36 | 36 | | who prevails in an action brought under this chapter may recover |
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| 37 | 37 | | exemplary damages. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 39 | 39 | | to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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| 40 | 40 | | this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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