Bill Text: TX HB2529 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of the offense of trafficking of persons.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2529 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2529-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2529 |
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relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of the offense | ||
of trafficking of persons. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 20A.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), "coercion" as | ||
defined by Section 1.07 includes destroying, concealing, | ||
confiscating, or withholding from the trafficked person, or | ||
threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from the | ||
trafficked person, the trafficked person's actual or purported: | ||
(1) government records; or | ||
(2) identifying information or documents. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2529 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
3 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |