87R523 KJE-D
 
  By: Murr, Cook H.B. No. 246
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper
  relationship between educator and student.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
               (2)  "Sexual contact" means, except as provided by
  Section 21.11 or 21.12, any touching of the anus, breast, or any
  part of the genitals of another person with intent to arouse or
  gratify the sexual desire of any person.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.12, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  In this section, "sexual contact" means the following
  acts, if committed with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual
  desire of any person:
               (1)  any touching by an employee of a public or private
  primary or secondary school of the anus, breast, or any part of the
  genitals of:
                     (A)  an enrolled person described by Subsection
  (a)(1) or (a)(2)(A); or
                     (B)  a student participant described by
  Subsection (a)(2)(B); or
               (2)  any touching of any part of the body of the
  enrolled person or student participant with the anus, breast, or
  any part of the genitals of the employee.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
  committed before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.