85R9003 MCK-D     By: Blanco H.B. No. 3039       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the court-martial of a member of the state   military forces on the basis of the member's report of a sexual   assault.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter J, Chapter 432, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 432.1211 to read as follows:          Sec. 432.1211.  REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. A person subject   to this chapter may not be held for trial by court-martial or   punished under this chapter for an offense based solely on the   person's conduct of filing a report as a victim of or witness to an   incident of sexual assault.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an   offense under Chapter 432, Government Code, committed before, on,   or after the effective date of this Act, except that a final   conviction for an offense under Chapter 432, Government Code, that   exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.