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HB 236 TX
Introduced

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

TX · session 892 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Aug 18, 2025

Latest action (Aug 20, 2025) Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

Sponsors (5)

53 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (3)

  1. Aug 18, 2025 Filed · lower
  2. Aug 20, 2025 Read first time · lower
  3. Aug 20, 2025 Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence · lower
Subjects
CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)Crimes--Against Morals (I0180)Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel (I0207)Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)PROSTITUTION (S0016)

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  • Introduced · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF

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