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Amend HB 2371 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, lines 7-8, strike "arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person," and substitute "arouse, gratify, degrade, or abuse any person,".
(2) On page 1, strike lines 9-24 and substitute the following:
person's consent when the other person is located in a dwelling, structure, or conveyance that provides a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(3) On page 2, strike line 1 and substitute the following:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if the person who is being observed under Subsection (a) is a child younger than 14 years of age at the time of the offense.
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.