88R22754 LHC-D     By: Shaheen, Bhojani H.B. No. 1004     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1004:     By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 1004       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of   persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of   those offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 20A.01, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subdivisions (2-a) and (2-b) and adding Subdivision (2-c)   to read as follows:                (2-a)  "Person with a disability" means a person who by   reason of physical or mental disease, defect, or injury is   substantially unable to protect the person's self from harm or to   provide food, shelter, or medical care for the person's self.                (2-b)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section   481.134, Health and Safety Code.                (2-c) [(2-b)]  "School" means a public or private   primary or secondary school.          SECTION 2.  Sections 20A.02(a) and (b), Penal Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:                (1)  traffics another person with the intent that the   trafficked person engage in forced labor or services;                (2)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture   that involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including   by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or   services;                (3)  traffics another person and, through force, fraud,   or coercion, causes the trafficked person to engage in conduct   prohibited by:                      (A)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);                      (B)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);                      (B-1)  Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of   Prostitution);                      (C)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of   Prostitution);                      (C-1)  Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online   Promotion of Prostitution); or                      (D)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution);                (4)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture   that involves an activity described by Subdivision (3) or engages   in sexual conduct with a person trafficked in the manner described   in Subdivision (3);                (5)  traffics a child or a person with a disability with   the intent that the trafficked child or person engage in forced   labor or services;                (6)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture   that involves an activity described by Subdivision (5), including   by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or   services;                (7)  traffics a child or a person with a disability and   by any means causes the trafficked child or person to engage in, or   become the victim of, conduct prohibited by:                      (A)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of   Young Child or Disabled Individual);                      (B)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);                      (C)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);                      (D)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);                      (E)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);                      (E-1)  Section 43.021 (Solicitation of   Prostitution);                      (F)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);                      (F-1)  Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of   Prostitution);                      (G)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of   Prostitution);                      (G-1)  Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online   Promotion of Prostitution);                      (H)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution);                      (I)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a   Child);                      (J)  Section 43.251 (Employment Harmful to   Children); or                      (K)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of   Child Pornography); or                (8)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture   that involves an activity described by Subdivision (7) or engages   in sexual conduct with a child or a person with a disability who is   trafficked in the manner described in Subdivision (7).          (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection and   Subsection (b-1), an offense under this section is a felony of the   second degree.  An offense under this section is a felony of the   first degree if:                (1)  the applicable conduct constitutes an offense   under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether   the actor knows the age of the child or whether the actor knows the   person is disabled at the time of the offense;                (2)  the commission of the offense results in the death   of the person who is trafficked;                (3)  the commission of the offense results in the death   of an unborn child of the person who is trafficked; or                (4)  the actor recruited, enticed, or obtained the   trafficked person [victim of the offense] from a shelter or   facility operating as a residential treatment center that serves   runaway youth, foster children, the homeless, or persons subjected   to human trafficking, domestic violence, or sexual assault.          SECTION 3.  Section 43.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:                (1)  causes another by force, threat, coercion, or   fraud to commit prostitution; [or]                (2)  causes by any means a child younger than 18 years   to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the   age of the child at the time of the offense; or                (3)  causes by any means a person with a disability, as   defined by Section 20A.01, to commit prostitution, regardless of   whether the actor knows the person is disabled at the time of the   offense.          SECTION 4.  Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person must bring suit for personal injury not later   than 30 years after the day the cause of action accrues if the   injury arises as a result of conduct that violates:                (1)  Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault   of a child);                (2)  Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated   sexual assault of a child);                (3)  Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse   of young child or disabled individual);                (4)  Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or   Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described   by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct   with a child or a person with a disability who is trafficked in the   manner described by Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain   sexual trafficking [of a child]);                (5)  Section 43.05(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code (compelling   prostitution by a child or a person with a disability); or                (6)  Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a   child).          SECTION 5.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Article 12.03,   felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not   afterward:                (1)  no limitation:                      (A)  murder and manslaughter;                      (B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),   Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section   22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;                      (C)  sexual assault, if:                            (i)  during the investigation of the offense   biological matter is collected and the matter:                                  (a)  has not yet been subjected to   forensic DNA testing; or                                  (b)  has been subjected to forensic DNA   testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match   the victim or any other person whose identity is readily   ascertained; or                            (ii)  probable cause exists to believe that   the defendant has committed the same or a similar sex offense   against five or more victims;                      (D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or   disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code;                      (E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,   Penal Code;                      (F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an   accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the   accident resulted in the death of a person;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;                      (H)  continuous trafficking of persons under   Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or                      (I)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code;                (2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,   by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to   defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,   beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;                      (B)  theft by a public servant of government   property over which the public servant exercises control in the   public servant's official capacity;                      (C)  forgery or the uttering, using, or passing of   forged instruments;                      (D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual   punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,   Penal Code;                      (E)  sexual assault, except as provided by   Subdivision (1) or (7);                      (F)  arson;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or                      (H)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;                (3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or   property of a financial institution;                      (B)  fraudulent securing of document execution;                      (C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax   Code;                      (D)  false statement to obtain property or credit   under Section 32.32, Penal Code;                      (E)  money laundering;                      (F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section   32.31, Penal Code;                      (G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying   information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;                      (H)  exploitation of a child, elderly individual,   or disabled individual under Section 32.53, Penal Code;                      (I)  health care fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal   Code; or                      (J)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,   except as provided by Subdivision (6);                (4)  five years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  theft or robbery;                      (B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),   kidnapping or burglary;                      (C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual   that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section   22.04, Penal Code;                      (D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or                      (E)  insurance fraud;                (5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the   victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is   committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of   the following offenses:                      (A)  sexual performance by a child under Section   43.25, Penal Code;                      (B)  aggravated kidnapping under Section   20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense   with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; or                      (C)  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if   the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and   the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an   offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or   Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;                (6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of   the offense:                      (A)  trafficking of a child [persons] under   Section 20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;                      (B)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal   Code; or                      (C)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if   the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than   the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or   purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the   appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the   time the offense is committed;                (7)  ten years from the date the offense was   discovered: trafficking of a person with a disability under Section   20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;                (8)  two years from the date the offense was   discovered: sexual assault punishable as a state jail felony under   Section 22.011(f)(2), Penal Code; or                (9) [(8)]  three years from the date of the commission   of the offense:  all other felonies.          SECTION 6.  Section 2(a), Article 38.37, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  Subsection (b) applies only to the trial of a defendant   for:                (1)  an offense under any of the following provisions   of the Penal Code:                      (A)  Section 20A.02, if punishable as a felony of   the first degree under Section 20A.02(b)(1) (Labor or Sex   Trafficking of a Child or a Person with a Disability);                      (B)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of   Young Child or Disabled Individual);                      (C)  Section 21.11 (Indecency With a Child);                      (D)  Section 22.011(a)(2) (Sexual Assault of a   Child);                      (E)  Sections 22.021(a)(1)(B) and (2) (Aggravated   Sexual Assault of a Child);                      (F)  Section 33.021 (Online Solicitation of a   Minor);                      (G)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a   Child); or                      (H)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of   Child Pornography), Penal Code; or                (2)  an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense   described by Subdivision (1).          SECTION 7.  Article 62.101(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapter I,   the duty to register for a person ends when the person dies if the   person has a reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an   adjudication of delinquent conduct, for:                (1)  a sexually violent offense;                (2)  an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7),   or (8), 25.02, 43.05(a)(2) or (3), or 43.26, Penal Code;                (3)  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, if   based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under   Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code;                (4)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,   if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the   offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives   or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication,   other than an adjudication of delinquent conduct, for an offense or   conduct that requires registration under this chapter;                (5)  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,   Penal Code, if:                      (A)  the judgment in the case contains an   affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for a deferred   adjudication, the papers in the case contain an affirmative finding   that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;   and                      (B)  before or after the person is convicted or   adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,   Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable   conviction or adjudication, other than an adjudication of   delinquent conduct, for an offense or conduct that requires   registration under this chapter; or                (6)  an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code, that   is punishable under Subsection (h) of that section.          SECTION 8.  Section 772.0062(a)(1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (1)  "Child sex trafficking" means conduct   constituting an offense [prohibited] under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or   (8), Penal Code, that is committed against a child.          SECTION 9.  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 10.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails   over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,   relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted   codes.          SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.