87R12116 LHC-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 4528       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, 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; [or]                (3)  the commission of the offense results in the death   of an unborn child of the person who is trafficked; or                (4)  the actor flees from a person the actor knows is a   peace officer or federal special investigator attempting lawfully   to arrest or detain the actor for conduct constituting an offense   under this section.          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, 2021.