Bill Text: TX SB416 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of trafficking for purposes of the offense of trafficking of persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB416-Introduced.html
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| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 416 | |
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| relating to the definition of trafficking for purposes of the | ||
| offense of trafficking of persons. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 20A.01(4), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (4) "Traffic" means to transport, entice, recruit, | ||
| harbor, provide, solicit, patronize, or otherwise obtain another | ||
| person by any means. | ||
| 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. | ||
