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