TO: | Honorable Aaron Pena, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB401 by Brown, Betty (Relating to the use of text messages and other electronic media to commit certain sexual offenses against minors or certain students.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Penal Code by including conduct described in the offense of online solicitation of a minor in the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. The offense of improper relationship between educator and student is punishable as a felony of the second degree. The bill would also amend the Penal Code by including the use of text messages or other electronic message service or system in defining the offense of online solicitation of a minor. The offense of online solicitation of a minor is punishable as either a state jail felony, felony of the third degree, or felony of the second degree depending on the type of solicitation and the age of the minor.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007 and apply to offenses committed on or after that date.
Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, GG, LM, TM
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