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	Amend the proposed floor substitute to HB 8 (Amendment No. 7 
by Gattis) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION 
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Section 21.11(b), Penal Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	(b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this 
section that the actor:
		(1)  was not more than three years older than the victim 
[and of the opposite sex];
		(2)  did not use duress, force, or a threat against the 
victim at the time of the offense;  and
		(3)  at the time of the offense:                                              
			(A)  was not required under Chapter 62, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, to register for life as a sex offender;  or
			(B)  was not a person who under Chapter 62 had a 
reportable conviction or adjudication for an offense under this 
section.