88R1581 LHC-D
 
  By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1559
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a
  child and sexual assault.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if, with a child younger
  than 18 [17] years of age, whether the child is of the same or
  opposite sex and regardless of whether the person knows the age of
  the child at the time of the offense, the person:
               (1)  engages in sexual contact with the child or causes
  the child to engage in sexual contact; or
               (2)  with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire
  of any person:
                     (A)  exposes the person's anus or any part of the
  person's genitals, knowing the child is present; or
                     (B)  causes the child to expose the child's anus
  or any part of the child's genitals.
         SECTION 2.  Section 22.011(c)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (1)  "Child" means a person younger than 18 [17] years
  of age.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1(1), Article 38.074, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Child" means a person younger than 17 years of age
  [has the meaning assigned by Section 22.011(c), Penal Code].
         SECTION 4.  Article 42A.453(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant
  described by Subsection (b) and the judge determines that a child
  younger than 17 years of age [as defined by Section 22.011(c), Penal
  Code,] was the victim of the offense, the judge shall establish a
  child safety zone applicable to the defendant by requiring as a
  condition of community supervision that the defendant:
               (1)  not:
                     (A)  supervise or participate in any program that:
                           (i)  includes as participants or recipients
  persons who are 17 years of age or younger; and
                           (ii)  regularly provides athletic, civic, or
  cultural activities; or
                     (B)  go in, on, or within 1,000 feet of a premises
  where children commonly gather, including a school, day-care
  facility, playground, public or private youth center, public
  swimming pool, video arcade facility, or general residential
  operation operating as a residential treatment center; and
               (2)  attend psychological counseling sessions for sex
  offenders with an individual or organization that provides sex
  offender treatment or counseling as specified or approved by the
  judge or the defendant's supervision officer.
         SECTION 5.  Section 508.187(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A parole panel shall establish a child safety zone
  applicable to a releasee if the panel determines that a child
  younger than 17 years of age [as defined by Section 22.011(c), Penal
  Code,] was the victim of the offense, by requiring as a condition of
  parole or mandatory supervision that the releasee:
               (1)  not:
                     (A)  supervise or participate in any program that
  includes as participants or recipients persons who are 17 years of
  age or younger and that regularly provides athletic, civic, or
  cultural activities; or
                     (B)  go in, on, or within a distance specified by
  the panel of premises where children commonly gather, including a
  school, day-care facility, playground, public or private youth
  center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility; and
               (2)  attend for a period of time determined necessary
  by the panel psychological counseling sessions for sex offenders
  with an individual or organization that provides sex offender
  treatment or counseling as specified by the parole officer
  supervising the releasee after release.
         SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.