BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2529 |
By: Meyer |
Criminal Jurisprudence |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that the current conditions under which the offense of trafficking of a person is prosecuted could be clarified by addressing what actions constitute coercion for purposes of the offense for prostitution-related conduct. C.S.H.B. 2529 seeks to address this issue by specifying that certain actions constitute coercion for purposes of the offense of trafficking of persons.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2529 amends the Penal Code to include the following as actions that constitute coercion for purposes of an offense of trafficking of a person in which the actor causes the trafficked person to engage in a specified prostitution-related offense through coercion: receiving any form of support, whether financial or otherwise, from the proceeds of such conduct; controlling the proceeds of such conduct; or destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from the trafficked person or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from the trafficked person the trafficked person's actual or purported government records or identifying information or documents.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2529 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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