88R1866 KBB-F     By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 466       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of   trafficking of persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 20A.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows:                (1-b) "Disabled individual" has the meaning assigned by   Section 22.021(b).           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 with the intent that the   trafficked child 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 disabled individual and by any   means causes the trafficked child or disabled individual 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 disabled individual 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   victim 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   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 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 disabled individual 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), Penal Code (compelling   prostitution by a child); or                (6)  Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a   child).          SECTION 4.  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) (Sex Trafficking of a   Child or Disabled Individual);                      (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 5.  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 6.  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 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.