Bill Text: TX SB323 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 323 | ||
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| relating to the offense of female genital mutilation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 167.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates | ||
| any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another | ||
| person who is younger than 18 years of age; | ||
| (2) is a parent or legal guardian of another person who | ||
| is younger than 18 years of age and knowingly consents to or permits | ||
| an act described by Subdivision (1) to be performed on that person; | ||
| or | ||
| (3) knowingly transports or facilitates the | ||
| transportation of another person who is younger than 18 years of age | ||
| within this state or from this state for the purpose of having an | ||
| act described by Subdivision (1) performed on that person. | ||
| (d) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) the person on whom the circumcision, excision, or | ||
| infibulation was performed or was to be performed, or another | ||
| person authorized to consent to medical treatment of that person, | ||
| including that person's parent or legal guardian, consented to the | ||
| circumcision, excision, or infibulation; | ||
| (2) the circumcision, excision, or infibulation is | ||
| required by a custom or practice of a particular group; or | ||
| (3) the circumcision, excision, or infibulation was | ||
| performed or was to be performed as part of or in connection with a | ||
| religious or other ritual. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 323 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
