87R8220 ADM-F
 
  By: Meyer H.B. No. 3111
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation relating to
  a minor; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  ARTICLE 1. ONLINE SOLICITATION RELATING TO A MINOR
         SECTION 1.01.  The heading to Section 33.021, Penal Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.021.  ONLINE SOLICITATION RELATING TO [OF] A MINOR.
         SECTION 1.02.  Section 33.021, Penal Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c-1) and (f-1) and amending Subsections (d),
  (e), and (f) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  A person commits an offense if the person, over the
  Internet, by electronic mail or text message or other electronic
  message service or system, or through a commercial online service,
  knowingly solicits a person with the intent that the solicitation
  will cause a minor to meet another person, including the actor, to
  engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual
  intercourse.
         (d)  It is not a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c)
  or (c-1) that the meeting did not occur.
         (e)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  at the time conduct described by Subsection (c) or (c-1) was
  committed:
               (1)  the actor was married to the minor; or
               (2)  the actor was not more than three years older than
  the minor and the minor consented to the conduct.
         (f)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the third
  degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if
  the minor is younger than 14 years of age or is an individual whom
  the actor believes to be younger than 14 years of age at the time of
  the commission of the offense.
         (f-1)  An offense under Subsection (c) or (c-1) is a felony
  of the second degree.
  ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
         SECTION 2.01.  Section 2(a), Article 38.37, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Subsection (b) applies only to the trial of a defendant
  for:
               (1)  an offense under any of the following provisions
  of the Penal Code:
                     (A)  Section 20A.02, if punishable as a felony of
  the first degree under Section 20A.02(b)(1) (Sex Trafficking of a
  Child);
                     (B)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of
  Young Child or Children);
                     (C)  Section 21.11 (Indecency With a Child);
                     (D)  Section 22.011(a)(2) (Sexual Assault of a
  Child);
                     (E)  Sections 22.021(a)(1)(B) and (2) (Aggravated
  Sexual Assault of a Child);
                     (F)  Section 33.021 (Online Solicitation Relating
  to [of] a Minor);
                     (G)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a
  Child); or
                     (H)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of
  Child Pornography), Penal Code; or
               (2)  an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense
  described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.02.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
  conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
  delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
  the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
  for or based on:
                     (A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
  sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.09 (Bestiality), 21.11
  (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021
  (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct),
  Penal Code;
                     (B)  a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated
  promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25
  (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion
  of child pornography), Penal Code;
                     (B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02
  (Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under
  Subsection (c-1)(2) of that section;
                     (C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
  (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
  offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
  the victim sexually;
                     (D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
  Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
  or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
  Paragraph (A) or (C);
                     (E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
  restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
  Penal Code, if, as applicable:
                           (i)  the judgment in the case contains an
  affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
                           (ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers
  in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
  intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
                     (F)  the second violation of Section 21.08
  (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
  results in a deferred adjudication;
                     (G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
  defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
  conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L);
                     (H)  a violation of the laws of another state,
  federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
  Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
  (G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a
  deferred adjudication;
                     (I)  the second violation of the laws of another
  state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
  Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
  results in a deferred adjudication;
                     (J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
  solicitation relating to [of] a minor), Penal Code;
                     (K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
  (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or
                     (L)  a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous
  trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly
  or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
  20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code.
         SECTION 2.03.  Section 250.006(a), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person for whom the facility or the individual
  employer is entitled to obtain criminal history record information
  may not be employed in a facility or by an individual employer if
  the person has been convicted of an offense listed in this
  subsection:
               (1)  an offense under Chapter 19, Penal Code (criminal
  homicide);
               (2)  an offense under Chapter 20, Penal Code
  (kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and smuggling of persons);
               (3)  an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code
  (continuous sexual abuse of young child or children), or Section
  21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a child);
               (4)  an offense under Section 22.011, Penal Code
  (sexual assault);
               (5)  an offense under Section 22.02, Penal Code
  (aggravated assault);
               (6)  an offense under Section 22.04, Penal Code (injury
  to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual);
               (7)  an offense under Section 22.041, Penal Code
  (abandoning or endangering child);
               (8)  an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code (aiding
  suicide);
               (9)  an offense under Section 25.031, Penal Code
  (agreement to abduct from custody);
               (10)  an offense under Section 25.08, Penal Code (sale
  or purchase of child);
               (11)  an offense under Section 28.02, Penal Code
  (arson);
               (12)  an offense under Section 29.02, Penal Code
  (robbery);
               (13)  an offense under Section 29.03, Penal Code
  (aggravated robbery);
               (14)  an offense under Section 21.08, Penal Code
  (indecent exposure);
               (15)  an offense under Section 21.12, Penal Code
  (improper relationship between educator and student);
               (16)  an offense under Section 21.15, Penal Code
  (invasive visual recording);
               (17)  an offense under Section 22.05, Penal Code
  (deadly conduct);
               (18)  an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code
  (aggravated sexual assault);
               (19)  an offense under Section 22.07, Penal Code
  (terroristic threat);
               (20)  an offense under Section 32.53, Penal Code
  (exploitation of child, elderly individual, or disabled
  individual);
               (21)  an offense under Section 33.021, Penal Code
  (online solicitation relating to [of] a minor);
               (22)  an offense under Section 34.02, Penal Code (money
  laundering);
               (23)  an offense under Section 35A.02, Penal Code
  (health care fraud);
               (24)  an offense under Section 36.06, Penal Code
  (obstruction or retaliation);
               (25)  an offense under Section 42.09, Penal Code
  (cruelty to livestock animals), or under Section 42.092, Penal Code
  (cruelty to nonlivestock animals); or
               (26)  a conviction under the laws of another state,
  federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of an offense listed by this subsection.
  ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
         SECTION 3.01.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.