Bill Text: TX HB552 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB552 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB552-Introduced.html

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By: Troxclair H.B. No. 552

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for
the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful
material to a minor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is repealed.
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.