Bill Text: TX HB571 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB571-Introduced.html
By: Leo-Wilson | H.B. No. 571 |
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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 Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is repealed.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. |