85R6426 LHC-D     By: Meyer H.B. No. 1666       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of aggravated   promotion of prostitution.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second   [third] degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first   degree if the prostitution enterprise uses as a prostitute one or   more persons younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the   actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the actor commits]   the offense.          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, 2017.