88R1582 JCG-D
 
  By: Slaton H.B. No. 271
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation of a minor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 33.021(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (1)  "Minor" means:
                     (A)  an individual who is younger than 18 [17]
  years of age; or
                     (B)  an individual whom the actor believes to be
  younger than 18 [17] years of age.
         SECTION 2.  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 occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.