Bill Text: TX HB3554 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3554 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3554-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3554 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3554-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 3554 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of | ||
trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 20A.02(b) and (b-1), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection and | ||
Subsection (b-1), an offense under this section is a felony of the | ||
second degree. An offense under this section is a felony of the | ||
first degree if: | ||
(1) the applicable conduct constitutes an offense | ||
under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether | ||
the actor knows the age of the child at the time of the offense; | ||
(2) the commission of the offense results in the death | ||
of the person who is trafficked; or | ||
(3) the commission of the offense results in the death | ||
of an unborn child of the person who is trafficked[ |
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(b-1) An offense under this section is a felony of the first | ||
degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or | ||
less than 25 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense that | ||
the actor committed the offense in a location that was: | ||
(1) on the premises of or within 1,000 feet of the | ||
premises of: | ||
(A) a school; | ||
(B) a shelter or facility operating as a | ||
residential treatment center that serves runaway youth, foster | ||
children, people who are homeless, or persons subjected to human | ||
trafficking, domestic violence, or sexual assault; | ||
(C) a community center offering youth services | ||
and programs; or | ||
(D) a child-care facility, as defined by Section | ||
42.002, Human Resources Code; or | ||
(2) on premises or within 1,000 feet of premises | ||
where: | ||
(A) an official school function was taking place; | ||
or | ||
(B) an event sponsored or sanctioned by the | ||
University Interscholastic League was taking place. | ||
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, 2023. |