Bill Text: TX HB3049 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on prosecuting certain persons for certain conduct constituting the offense of prostitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB3049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3049-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 3049 |
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relating to a prohibition on prosecuting certain persons for | ||
certain conduct constituting the offense of prostitution. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A person may not be prosecuted for an offense under | ||
Subsection (a) that the person committed when younger than 17 years | ||
of age. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an offense committed or | ||
conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
offense committed or conduct that occurs before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense | ||
was committed or the conduct occurred, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this | ||
section, an offense was committed or conduct occurred before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or conduct | ||
occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |