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House Bill 1808 |
House Author: Meyer et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Garcia et al. |
House Bill 1808 amends the Penal Code to clarify that an actor who engages in conduct constituting an offense of continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children, indecency with a child, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual performance by a child, or employment harmful to children commits the applicable offense regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the time of the offense. The bill creates the state jail felony offense of sexual coercion for a person who intentionally threatens to commit certain offenses to obtain, in return for not committing the threatened offense or in connection with the threatened offense, a specified benefit. The bill provides for an enhancement of the penalty for sexual coercion to a third degree felony under certain circumstances.