By: Parker S.B. No. 1011     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of   persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 20A.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (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 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:                      (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; or                      (B)  correctional facility while the trafficked   person was confined in the facility.          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.