Bill Text: TX SB1653 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Bill 1653

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1653 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1653-Enrolled.html



	S.B. No. 1653




	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of
	prostitution.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
	degree, except that the offense is:
	(1) a felony of the second degree if the actor has been
	previously convicted of an offense under this section; or
	(2) a felony of the first degree if the actor engages
	in conduct described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) involving a person
	younger than 18 years of age [~~engaging in prostitution~~], regardless
	of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the
	offense.
	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.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1653 passed the Senate on
	April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1653 passed the House on
	May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor