Bill > HB1391

This bill significantly modifies the Texas Code enhance criminal penalties related toenses trafficking and sexual offtraffickingenses, particularly those involving min. The bill reclassifies several sex-and trafficking offcategories to either first-degreeony, with special emphasis increased penalties when victims are younger than 14 years old. Specifically, the bill increases criminal penalties for offprostitution-related, offenses involving making them of such crimes punthose involving minors, capital felonies. bill provisionsioningss parole eligibility for certain off-offtrafficking offenses, generally making it more difficult difficult moreenderearly release. The changes bill public schools to warning signs about increased penalties for human near school spaces. The changes apply only to offenses committed on or after the bill's effective date of September 1, 2025, meaning existing offenses will still prosecuted under previous law. The bill aims to provide stronger legal protections for vulnerable particularly children, imposing more severe punishments for sexual and trafficking crimes.

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