AEZ S.B. 185 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
S.B. 185
By: Shapiro (Dunnam)
5-9-97
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND 

Currently, Texas law does not make it an offense for a person to force the
mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another person.
Current law addresses only penetration, which would not include such acts
as a male defendant's sexual organ touching the lips of a child or a
child's mouth being placed on a female defendant's sexual organ. This bill
will make it an offense for a person to knowingly or intentionally cause
the mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another
person. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 185 creates an offense for a person to knowingly or
intentionally cause the mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual
organ of another person. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.Amends Section 22.011(a), Penal Code, to provide that a person
commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly causes the
mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another person,
including the actor. 

SECTION 2.Amends Section 22.021(a), Penal Code, to make a conforming
change. 

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.