Bill Text: TX HB271 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation of a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB271 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB271-Introduced.html
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By: Slaton | H.B. No. 271 |
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relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation of a minor. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.021(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Minor" means: | ||
(A) an individual who is younger than 18 [ |
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years of age; or | ||
(B) an individual whom the actor believes to be | ||
younger than 18 [ |
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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. |