Bill Text: TX SB323 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the offense of female genital mutilation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB323 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB323-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of female genital mutilation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB323 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB323-Introduced.html
By: Nelson, et al. | S.B. No. 323 | |
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Relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation; imposing a | ||
penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 167.001, Texas Health and Safety Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 167.001. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION PROHIBITED. | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly | ||
circumcises, excises, or infibulates any part of the labia majora | ||
or labia minora or clitoris or another person who is younger than 18 | ||
years of age or knowingly transports or permits the transport from | ||
or within Texas a person for the purpose of performing such acts. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
(c) It is a defense to the prosecution under Subsection (a) | ||
that: | ||
(1) the person performing the act is a physician or | ||
other licensed health care professional and the act is within the | ||
scope of the person's license; and | ||
(2) the act is performed for medical purposes. | ||
(d) It is not a defense to prosecution that the conduct | ||
described under subsection (a) that: | ||
(1) it is required as a matter of custom, ritual, or | ||
religious practice; or | ||
(2) that the victim, or such victim's parent, legal | ||
guardian, caretaker, or person who is in a position of familial or | ||
custodial authority consented to the procedure. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |