Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1004 by Shaheen (Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of compelling prostitution.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of trafficking of persons to include trafficking a person with certain disabilities and causing them to engage in certain prostitution conduct. The bill would remove the state of mind requirement for the offenses of receiving a benefit from participating in a venture that involves certain prostitution related trafficking or child trafficking or engaging in sexual conduct with a person trafficked relating to certain prostitution or with a trafficked child under certain conditions. The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of compelling prostitution to include a person knowingly causing by any means a person with a disability to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the person is disabled at the time of the offense.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts