S.B. No. 24

	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and
	civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the
	trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of
	those offenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	ARTICLE 1.  TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS AND COMPELLING PROSTITUTION
	SECTION 1.01.  Section 20A.01, Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 20A.01.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of
	age.
	(2)  "Forced labor or services" means labor or
	services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual
	conduct [including conduct that constitutes an offense under
	Section 43.02], that are performed or provided by another person
	and obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion[:
	[(A)     causing or threatening to cause bodily
	injury to the person or another person or otherwise causing the
	person performing or providing labor or services to believe that
	the person or another person will suffer bodily injury;
	[(B)     restraining or threatening to restrain the
	person or another person in a manner described by Section 20.01(1)
	or causing the person performing or providing labor or services to
	believe that the person or another person will be restrained;
	[(C)     knowingly destroying, concealing, removing,
	confiscating, or withholding from the person or another person, or
	threatening to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or withhold
	from the person or another person, the person's actual or
	purported:
	[(i)  government records;
	[(ii)  identifying information; or
	[(iii)  personal property;
	[(D)     threatening the person with abuse of the law
	or the legal process in relation to the person or another person;
	[(E)     threatening to report the person or another
	person to immigration officials or other law enforcement officials
	or otherwise blackmailing or extorting the person or another
	person;
	[(F)     exerting financial control over the person
	or another person by placing the person or another person under the
	actor's control as security for a debt to the extent that:
	[(i)     the value of the services provided by
	the person or another person as reasonably assessed is not applied
	toward the liquidation of the debt;
	[(ii)     the duration of the services provided
	by the person or another person is not limited and the nature of the
	services provided by the person or another person is not defined; or
	[(iii)     the principal amount of the debt
	does not reasonably reflect the value of the items or services for
	which the debt was incurred; or
	[(G)     using any scheme, plan, or pattern intended
	to cause the person to believe that the person or another person
	will be subjected to serious harm or restraint if the person does
	not perform or provide the labor or services].
	(3)  "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 43.25.
	(4) [(2)]  "Traffic" means to transport, entice,
	recruit, harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any
	means.
	SECTION 1.02.  Section 20A.02, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  traffics another person with the intent [or
	knowledge] that the trafficked person [will] engage in forced labor
	or services; [or]
	(2)  receives a benefit [benefits] from participating
	in a venture that involves an activity described by Subdivision
	(1), including by receiving labor or services the person knows are
	forced labor or services;
	(3)  traffics another person and, through force, fraud,
	or coercion, causes the trafficked person to engage in conduct
	prohibited by:
	(A)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);
	(B)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);
	(C)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of
	Prostitution); or
	(D)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution);
	(4)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture
	that involves an activity described by Subdivision (3) or engages
	in sexual conduct with a person trafficked in the manner described
	in Subdivision (3);
	(5)  traffics a child with the intent that the
	trafficked child engage in forced labor or services;
	(6)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture
	that involves an activity described by Subdivision (5), including
	by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or
	services;
	(7)  traffics a child and by any means causes the
	trafficked child to engage in, or become the victim of, conduct
	prohibited by:
	(A)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of
	Young Child or Children);
	(B)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
	(C)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
	(D)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
	(E)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);
	(F)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);
	(G)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of
	Prostitution);
	(H)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution);
	(I)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a
	Child);
	(J)  Section 43.251 (Employment Harmful to
	Children); or
	(K)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of
	Child Pornography); or
	(8)  receives a benefit from participating in a venture
	that involves an activity described by Subdivision (7) or engages
	in sexual conduct with a child trafficked in the manner described in
	Subdivision (7).
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an
	offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.  An
	offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if:
	(1)  the applicable conduct constitutes an offense
	under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8) [Section 43.05 or 43.25
	and the person who is trafficked is a child younger than 18 years of
	age at the time of the offense], regardless of whether the actor
	knows the age of the child at the time the actor commits the
	offense; or
	(2)  the commission of the offense results in the death
	of the person who is trafficked.
	(d)  If the victim of an offense under Subsection (a)(7)(A)
	is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 21.02, a
	defendant may not be convicted of the offense under Section 21.02 in
	the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a)(7)(A)
	unless the offense under Section 21.02:
	(1)  is charged in the alternative;
	(2)  occurred outside the period in which the offense
	alleged under Subsection (a)(7)(A) was committed; or
	(3)  is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser
	included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a)(7)(A).
	SECTION 1.03.  Subsection (b), Section 43.05, Penal Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) [this section] is a
	felony of the second degree.  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is
	a felony of the first degree.
	ARTICLE 2.  CHANGES RELATING TO CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
	SECTION 2.01.  The heading to Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 7A.  PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS [VICTIM] OF
	TRAFFICKING OR SEXUAL ASSAULT
	SECTION 2.02.  Subsection (a), Article 7A.01, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The following persons [A person who is the victim of an
	offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code,
	a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person younger than 17
	years of age who is the victim of such an offense, or a prosecuting
	attorney acting on behalf of the person] may file an application for
	a protective order under this chapter without regard to the
	relationship between the applicant and the alleged offender:
	(1)  a person who is the victim of an offense under
	Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code;
	(2)  a person who is the victim of an offense under
	Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or Section 43.05, Penal
	Code;
	(3)  a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person
	younger than 18 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed
	in Subdivision (1) or (2); or
	(4)  a prosecuting attorney acting on behalf of a
	person described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
	SECTION 2.03.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Article 12.03,
	felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
	afterward:
	(1)  no limitation:
	(A)  murder and manslaughter;
	(B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),
	Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section
	22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
	(C)  sexual assault, if during the investigation
	of the offense biological matter is collected and subjected to
	forensic DNA testing and the testing results show that the matter
	does not match the victim or any other person whose identity is
	readily ascertained;
	(D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
	children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
	(E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
	Penal Code; [or]
	(F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an
	accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the
	accident resulted in the death of a person; or
	(G)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;
	(2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,
	by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
	defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
	beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
	(B)  theft by a public servant of government
	property over which he exercises control in his official capacity;
	(C)  forgery or the uttering, using or passing of
	forged instruments;
	(D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,
	Penal Code;
	(E)  sexual assault, except as provided by
	Subdivision (1); [or]
	(F)  arson;
	(G)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or
	(H)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;
	(3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or
	property of a financial institution;
	(B)  securing execution of document by deception;
	(C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax
	Code;
	(D)  false statement to obtain property or credit
	under Section 32.32, Penal Code;
	(E)  money laundering;
	(F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section
	32.31, Penal Code; or
	(G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying
	information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;
	(4)  five years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft or robbery;
	(B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),
	kidnapping or burglary;
	(C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
	22.04, Penal Code;
	(D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or
	(E)  insurance fraud;
	(5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the
	victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is
	committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of
	the following offenses:
	(A)  sexual performance by a child under Section
	43.25, Penal Code;
	(B)  aggravated kidnapping under Section
	20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; or
	(C)  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if
	the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and
	the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an
	offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or
	Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;
	(6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of
	the offense:
	(A)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;
	(B)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal
	Code; or
	(C)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
	(7)  three years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:  all other felonies.
	SECTION 2.04.  Article 13.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 13.12.  TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND
	KIDNAPPING. Venue for trafficking of persons, false imprisonment,
	and kidnapping is in:
	(1)  [either] the county in which the offense was
	committed;[,] or
	(2)  [in] any county through, into, or out of which the
	person trafficked, falsely imprisoned, or kidnapped may have been
	taken.
	SECTION 2.05.  Subsection (a), Article 38.07, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A conviction under Chapter 21, Section 20A.02(a)(3),
	(4), (7), or (8), Section 22.011, or Section 22.021, Penal Code, is
	supportable on the uncorroborated testimony of the victim of the
	sexual offense if the victim informed any person, other than the
	defendant, of the alleged offense within one year after the date on
	which the offense is alleged to have occurred.
	SECTION 2.06.  Section 1, Article 38.071, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.  This article applies only to a hearing or proceeding
	in which the court determines that a child younger than 13 years of
	age would be unavailable to testify in the presence of the defendant
	about an offense defined by any of the following sections of the
	Penal Code:
	(1)  Section 19.02 (Murder);
	(2)  Section 19.03 (Capital Murder);
	(3)  Section 19.04 (Manslaughter);
	(4)  Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping);
	(5)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
	(6)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
	(7)  Section 22.02 (Aggravated Assault);
	(8)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
	(9)  Section 22.04(e) (Injury to a Child, Elderly
	Individual, or Disabled Individual);
	(10)  Section 22.04(f) (Injury to a Child, Elderly
	Individual, or Disabled Individual), if the conduct is committed
	intentionally or knowingly;
	(11)  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct);
	(12)  Section 29.03 (Aggravated Robbery);
	(13)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child);
	[or]
	(14)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young
	Child or Children);
	(15)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Prostitution);
	or
	(16)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of
	Persons).
	SECTION 2.07.  Section 1, Article 38.072, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as amended by Chapters 284 (S.B. 643) and 710 (H.B.
	2846), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is
	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.  This article applies to a proceeding in the
	prosecution of an offense under any of the following provisions of
	the Penal Code, if committed against a child younger than 14 years
	of age or a person with a disability:
	(1)  Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses) or 22 (Assaultive
	Offenses);
	(2)  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct);
	(3)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child);
	[or]
	(4)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Prostitution);
	(5)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of
	Persons); or
	(6)  Section 15.01 (Criminal Attempt), if the offense
	attempted is described by Subdivision (1), (2), [or] (3), (4), or
	(5) of this section.
	SECTION 2.08.  Section 1, Article 38.37, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.  This article applies to a proceeding in the
	prosecution of a defendant for an offense, or an attempt or
	conspiracy to commit an offense, under the following provisions of
	the Penal Code:
	(1)  [,] if committed against a child under 17 years of
	age:
	(A) [(1)]  Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses);
	(B) [(2)]  Chapter 22 (Assaultive Offenses); or
	(C) [(3)]  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual
	Conduct); or
	(2)  if committed against a person younger than 18
	years of age:
	(A) [(4)]  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a
	Child); [or]
	(B)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8); or
	(C)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling
	Prostitution) [(5) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense
	listed in this section].
	SECTION 2.09.  Subsection (a), Section 3g, Article 42.12,
	Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The provisions of Section 3 of this article do not
	apply:
	(1)  to a defendant adjudged guilty of an offense
	under:
	(A)  Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder);
	(B)  Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital murder);
	(C)  Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (Indecency
	with a child);
	(D)  Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
	kidnapping);
	(E)  Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated
	sexual assault);
	(F)  Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated
	robbery);
	(G)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for
	which punishment is increased under:
	(i)  Section 481.140, Health and Safety
	Code; or
	(ii)  Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f),
	Health and Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been
	previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was
	increased under any of those subsections;
	(H)  Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual assault);
	(I)  Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a
	child, elderly individual, or disabled individual), if the offense
	is punishable as a felony of the first degree and the victim of the
	offense is a child;
	(J)  Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual
	performance by a child); [or]
	(K)  Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
	punishable as a felony of the first degree;
	(L)  Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling
	prostitution); or
	(M)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of
	persons); or
	(2)  to a defendant when it is shown that a deadly
	weapon as defined in Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited
	during the commission of a felony offense or during immediate
	flight therefrom, and that the defendant used or exhibited the
	deadly weapon or was a party to the offense and knew that a deadly
	weapon would be used or exhibited. On an affirmative finding under
	this subdivision, the trial court shall enter the finding in the
	judgment of the court. On an affirmative finding that the deadly
	weapon was a firearm, the court shall enter that finding in its
	judgment.
	SECTION 2.10.  Subdivision (5), Article 62.001, 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), 21.11 (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 43.05 (Compelling
	prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26
	(Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code;
	(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), [or] (E), or (K);
	(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), (C), (D), (E), (G),
	[or] (J), or (K), 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; [or]
	(J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
	solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; or
	(K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
	(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code.
	SECTION 2.11.  Subsection (a), Article 62.101, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapter I,
	the duty to register for a person ends when the person dies if the
	person has a reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an
	adjudication of delinquent conduct, for:
	(1)  a sexually violent offense;
	(2)  an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7),
	or (8), 25.02, 43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code;
	(3)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,
	if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the
	offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives
	or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication,
	other than an adjudication of delinquent conduct, for an offense or
	conduct that requires registration under this chapter;
	(4)  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
	Penal Code, if:
	(A)  the judgment in the case contains an
	affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for a deferred
	adjudication, the papers in the case contain an affirmative finding
	that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
	and
	(B)  before or after the person is convicted or
	adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
	Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable
	conviction or adjudication, other than an adjudication of
	delinquent conduct, for an offense or conduct that requires
	registration under this chapter; or
	(5)  an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code, that
	is punishable under Subsection (h) of that section.
	ARTICLE 3.  CHANGES RELATING TO CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
	SECTION 3.01.  Subsection (a), Section 16.0045, Civil
	Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person must bring suit for personal injury not later
	than five years after the day the cause of action accrues if the
	injury arises as a result of conduct that violates:
	(1)  Section 22.011, Penal Code (sexual assault);
	(2)  Section 22.021, Penal Code (aggravated sexual
	assault); [or]
	(3)  Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse
	of young child or children);
	(4)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code (trafficking of
	persons); or
	(5)  Section 43.05, Penal Code (compelling
	prostitution).
	SECTION 3.02.  Subsection (a), Section 125.0015, Civil
	Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person who maintains a place to which persons
	habitually go for the following purposes and who knowingly
	tolerates the activity and furthermore fails to make reasonable
	attempts to abate the activity maintains a common nuisance:
	(1)  discharge of a firearm in a public place as
	prohibited by the Penal Code;
	(2)  reckless discharge of a firearm as prohibited by
	the Penal Code;
	(3)  engaging in organized criminal activity as a
	member of a combination as prohibited by the Penal Code;
	(4)  delivery, possession, manufacture, or use of a
	controlled substance in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety
	Code;
	(5)  gambling, gambling promotion, or communicating
	gambling information as prohibited by the Penal Code;
	(6)  prostitution, promotion of prostitution, or
	aggravated promotion of prostitution as prohibited by the Penal
	Code;
	(7)  compelling prostitution as prohibited by the Penal
	Code;
	(8)  commercial manufacture, commercial distribution,
	or commercial exhibition of obscene material as prohibited by the
	Penal Code;
	(9)  aggravated assault as described by Section 22.02,
	Penal Code;
	(10)  sexual assault as described by Section 22.011,
	Penal Code;
	(11)  aggravated sexual assault as described by Section
	22.021, Penal Code;
	(12)  robbery as described by Section 29.02, Penal
	Code;
	(13)  aggravated robbery as described by Section 29.03,
	Penal Code;
	(14)  unlawfully carrying a weapon as described by
	Section 46.02, Penal Code;
	(15)  murder as described by Section 19.02, Penal Code;
	(16)  capital murder as described by Section 19.03,
	Penal Code;
	(17)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
	children as described by Section 21.02, Penal Code; [or]
	(18)  massage therapy or other massage services in
	violation of Chapter 455, Occupations Code; or
	(19)  trafficking of persons as described by Section
	20A.02, Penal Code.
	ARTICLE 4.  CHANGES RELATING TO FAMILY CODE, INCLUDING JUVENILE
	JUSTICE CODE
	SECTION 4.01.  Subsection (a), Section 54.031, Family Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies to a hearing under this title in
	which a child is alleged to be a delinquent child on the basis of a
	violation of any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if a
	child 12 years of age or younger or a person with a disability is the
	alleged victim of the violation:
	(1)  Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses) or 22 (Assaultive
	Offenses);
	(2)  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); [or]
	(3)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child);
	(4)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of
	Persons); or
	(5)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Prostitution).
	SECTION 4.02.  Section 161.001, Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 161.001.  INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD
	RELATIONSHIP. The court may order termination of the parent-child
	relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence:
	(1)  that the parent has:
	(A)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another not the parent and expressed an intent not to
	return;
	(B)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent
	to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child,
	and remained away for a period of at least three months;
	(C)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another without providing adequate support of the
	child and remained away for a period of at least six months;
	(D)  knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the
	child to remain in conditions or surroundings which endanger the
	physical or emotional well-being of the child;
	(E)  engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the
	child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the
	physical or emotional well-being of the child;
	(F)  failed to support the child in accordance
	with the parent's ability during a period of one year ending within
	six months of the date of the filing of the petition;
	(G)  abandoned the child without identifying the
	child or furnishing means of identification, and the child's
	identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable
	diligence;
	(H)  voluntarily, and with knowledge of the
	pregnancy, abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time
	during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the
	birth, failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the
	mother during the period of abandonment before the birth of the
	child, and remained apart from the child or failed to support the
	child since the birth;
	(I)  contumaciously refused to submit to a
	reasonable and lawful order of a court under Subchapter D, Chapter
	261;
	(J)  been the major cause of:
	(i)  the failure of the child to be enrolled
	in school as required by the Education Code; or
	(ii)  the child's absence from the child's
	home without the consent of the parents or guardian for a
	substantial length of time or without the intent to return;
	(K)  executed before or after the suit is filed an
	unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental
	rights as provided by this chapter;
	(L)  been convicted or has been placed on
	community supervision, including deferred adjudication community
	supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or
	serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal
	Code or adjudicated under Title 3 for conduct that caused the death
	or serious injury of a child and that would constitute a violation
	of one of the following Penal Code sections:
	(i)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(ii)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(iii)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
	(iv)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a
	child);
	(v)  Section 22.01 (assault);
	(vi)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(vii)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(viii)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual
	assault);
	(ix)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child,
	elderly individual, or disabled individual);
	(x)  Section 22.041 (abandoning or
	endangering child);
	(xi)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual
	conduct);
	(xii)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by
	a child);
	(xiii)  Section 43.26 (possession or
	promotion of child pornography); [and]
	(xiv)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual
	abuse of young child or children);
	(xv)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8)
	(trafficking of persons); and
	(xvi)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling
	prostitution);
	(M)  had his or her parent-child relationship
	terminated with respect to another child based on a finding that the
	parent's conduct was in violation of Paragraph (D) or (E) or
	substantially equivalent provisions of the law of another state;
	(N)  constructively abandoned the child who has
	been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the
	Department of Family and Protective Services or an authorized
	agency for not less than six months, and:
	(i)  the department or authorized agency has
	made reasonable efforts to return the child to the parent;
	(ii)  the parent has not regularly visited
	or maintained significant contact with the child; and
	(iii)  the parent has demonstrated an
	inability to provide the child with a safe environment;
	(O)  failed to comply with the provisions of a
	court order that specifically established the actions necessary for
	the parent to obtain the return of the child who has been in the
	permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department
	of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months as a
	result of the child's removal from the parent under Chapter 262 for
	the abuse or neglect of the child;
	(P)  used a controlled substance, as defined by
	Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the
	health or safety of the child, and:
	(i)  failed to complete a court-ordered
	substance abuse treatment program; or
	(ii)  after completion of a court-ordered
	substance abuse treatment program, continued to abuse a controlled
	substance;
	(Q)  knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that
	has resulted in the parent's:
	(i)  conviction of an offense; and
	(ii)  confinement or imprisonment and
	inability to care for the child for not less than two years from the
	date of filing the petition;
	(R)  been the cause of the child being born
	addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance, other than a
	controlled substance legally obtained by prescription, as defined
	by Section 261.001;
	(S)  voluntarily delivered the child to a
	designated emergency infant care provider under Section 262.302
	without expressing an intent to return for the child; or
	(T)  been convicted of:
	(i)  the murder of the other parent of the
	child under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code, or under a law of
	another state, federal law, the law of a foreign country, or the
	Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are
	substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section
	19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code;
	(ii)  criminal attempt under Section 15.01,
	Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the law of
	a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that
	contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of
	an offense under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit the offense
	described by Subparagraph (i); or
	(iii)  criminal solicitation under Section
	15.03, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the
	law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice
	that contains elements that are substantially similar to the
	elements of an offense under Section 15.03, Penal Code, of the
	offense described by Subparagraph (i); and
	(2)  that termination is in the best interest of the
	child.
	SECTION 4.03.  Subdivision (1), Section 261.001, Family
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions
	by a person:
	(A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that
	results in an observable and material impairment in the child's
	growth, development, or psychological functioning;
	(B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a
	situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury
	that results in an observable and material impairment in the
	child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;
	(C)  physical injury that results in substantial
	harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from
	physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at
	variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an
	accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or
	managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child
	to a substantial risk of harm;
	(D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to
	prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury
	that results in substantial harm to the child;
	(E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental,
	emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes
	the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children
	under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under
	Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011,
	Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021,
	Penal Code;
	(F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to
	prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child;
	(G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage
	in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code,
	including conduct that constitutes an offense of trafficking of
	persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution
	under Section 43.02(a)(2), Penal Code, or compelling prostitution
	under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;
	(H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging
	in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the
	child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting
	photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by
	Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic;
	(I)  the current use by a person of a controlled
	substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a
	manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or
	emotional injury to a child;
	(J)  causing, expressly permitting, or
	encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by
	Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; [or]
	(K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging
	in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by
	Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
	(L)  knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging,
	engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner
	punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or
	(8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to
	prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an
	offense under any of those sections.
	SECTION 4.04.  Subsection (b), Section 262.2015, Family
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The court may find under Subsection (a) that a parent
	has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances if:
	(1)  the parent abandoned the child without
	identification or a means for identifying the child;
	(2)  the child is a victim of serious bodily injury or
	sexual abuse inflicted by the parent or by another person with the
	parent's consent;
	(3)  the parent has engaged in conduct against the
	child that would constitute an offense under the following
	provisions of the Penal Code:
	(A)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(B)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(C)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
	(D)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
	(E)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(F)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(G)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);
	(H)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly
	individual, or disabled individual);
	(I)  Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering
	child);
	(J)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct);
	(K)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a
	child);
	(L)  Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of
	child pornography); [or]
	(M)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of
	young child or children);
	(N)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling
	prostitution); or
	(O)  Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (trafficking of
	persons);
	(4)  the parent voluntarily left the child alone or in
	the possession of another person not the parent of the child for at
	least six months without expressing an intent to return and without
	providing adequate support for the child;
	(5)  the parent's parental rights with regard to
	another child have been involuntarily terminated based on a finding
	that the parent's conduct violated Section 161.001(1)(D) or (E) or
	a substantially equivalent provision of another state's law;
	(6)  the parent has been convicted for:
	(A)  the murder of another child of the parent and
	the offense would have been an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section
	1111(a) if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or
	territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
	(B)  the voluntary manslaughter of another child
	of the parent and the offense would have been an offense under 18
	U.S.C. Section 1112(a) if the offense had occurred in the special
	maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
	(C)  aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring,
	or soliciting an offense under Subdivision (A) or (B); or
	(D)  the felony assault of the child or another
	child of the parent that resulted in serious bodily injury to the
	child or another child of the parent; or
	(7)  the parent's parental rights with regard to two
	other children have been involuntarily terminated.
	ARTICLE 5.  CHANGES RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CODE
	SECTION 5.01.  Subsection (b), Section 499.027, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An inmate is not eligible under this subchapter to be
	considered for release to intensive supervision parole if:
	(1)  the inmate is awaiting transfer to the
	institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense for
	which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Section
	3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(2)  the inmate is awaiting transfer to the
	institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense
	listed in one of the following sections of the Penal Code:
	(A)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(B)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(C)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
	(D)  Section 20.03 (kidnapping);
	(E)  Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping);
	(F)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
	(G)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(H)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(I)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);
	(J)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child, [or an]
	elderly individual, or disabled individual);
	(K)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct);
	(L)  Section 25.08 (sale or purchase of a child);
	(M)  Section 28.02 (arson);
	(N)  Section 29.02 (robbery);
	(O)  Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery);
	(P)  Section 30.02 (burglary), if the offense is
	punished as a first-degree felony under that section;
	(Q)  Section 43.04 (aggravated promotion of
	prostitution);
	(R)  Section 43.05 (compelling prostitution);
	(S)  Section 43.24 (sale, distribution, or
	display of harmful material to minor);
	(T)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a
	child);
	(U)  Section 46.10 (deadly weapon in penal
	institution);
	(V)  Section 15.01 (criminal attempt), if the
	offense attempted is listed in this subsection;
	(W)  Section 15.02 (criminal conspiracy), if the
	offense that is the subject of the conspiracy is listed in this
	subsection;
	(X)  Section 15.03 (criminal solicitation), if
	the offense solicited is listed in this subsection; [or]
	(Y)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of
	young child or children); or
	(Z)  Section 20A.02 (trafficking of persons); or
	(3)  the inmate is awaiting transfer to the
	institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense under
	Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, punishable by a minimum term of
	imprisonment or a maximum fine that is greater than the minimum term
	of imprisonment or the maximum fine for a first degree felony.
	SECTION 5.02.  Subsection (a), Section 508.149, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision
	if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously
	convicted of:
	(1)  an offense for which the judgment contains an
	affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of
	Criminal Procedure;
	(2)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
	under Section 19.02, Penal Code;
	(3)  a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code;
	(4)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
	under Section 20.04, Penal Code;
	(5)  an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code;
	(6)  a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
	(7)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
	under Section 22.02, Penal Code;
	(8)  a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal
	Code;
	(9)  a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal
	Code;
	(10)  a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal
	Code;
	(11)  a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal
	Code;
	(12)  a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal
	Code;
	(13)  a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal
	Code;
	(14)  a felony for which the punishment is increased
	under Section 481.134 or Section 481.140, Health and Safety Code;
	(15)  an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code;
	(16)  an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; [or]
	(17)  a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal
	Code;
	(18)  an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; or
	(19)  an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code.
	ARTICLE 6.  CHANGES RELATING TO PENAL CODE
	SECTION 6.01.  Subsection (b), Section 3.03, Penal Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense
	arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run
	concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction
	of:
	(1)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 49.07 or 49.08, regardless of
	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
	charged with violations of both sections;
	(2)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 33.021 or an offense under
	Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 25.02, or 43.25 committed
	against a victim younger than 17 years of age at the time of the
	commission of the offense regardless of whether the accused is
	convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is
	convicted of violations of more than one section; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A) committed against a victim younger than 17
	years of age at the time of the commission of the offense regardless
	of whether the accused is charged with violations of the same
	section more than once or is charged with violations of more than
	one section;
	(3)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 21.15 or 43.26, regardless of
	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
	charged with violations of both sections; [or]
	(4)  an offense for which the judgment in the case
	contains an affirmative finding under Article 42.0197, Code of
	Criminal Procedure; or
	(5)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 20A.02 or 43.05, regardless of
	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
	charged with violations of both sections.
	SECTION 6.02.  Subdivision (2), Subsection (c), Section
	12.42, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(2)  Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), a defendant
	shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for life if:
	(A)  the defendant is convicted of an offense:
	(i)  under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
	21.11(a)(1), 22.021, or 22.011, Penal Code;
	(ii)  under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal Code,
	if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to violate or
	abuse the victim sexually; or
	(iii)  under Section 30.02, Penal Code,
	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
	committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
	by Subparagraph (i) or (ii) or a felony under Section 21.11, Penal
	Code; and
	(B)  the defendant has been previously convicted
	of an offense:
	(i)  under Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal
	Code, or an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code, punishable
	under Subsection (h) of that section;
	(ii)  under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
	21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code;
	(iii)  under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal
	Code, if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to
	violate or abuse the victim sexually;
	(iv)  under Section 30.02, Penal Code,
	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
	committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
	by Subparagraph (ii) or (iii); or
	(v)  under the laws of another state
	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
	of an offense listed in Subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv).
	SECTION 6.03.  Subsection (b), Section 15.031, Penal Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person commits an offense if, with intent that an
	offense under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), 21.02, 21.11, 22.011,
	22.021, 43.02, 43.05(a)(2), or 43.25 be committed, the person by
	any means requests, commands, or attempts to induce a minor or
	another whom the person believes to be a minor to engage in specific
	conduct that, under the circumstances surrounding the actor's
	conduct as the actor believes them to be, would constitute an
	offense under one of those sections or would make the minor or other
	believed by the person to be a minor a party to the commission of an
	offense under one of those sections.
	SECTION 6.04.  Subsection (c), Section 21.02, Penal Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  For purposes of this section, "act of sexual abuse"
	means any act that is a violation of one or more of the following
	penal laws:
	(1)  aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04(a)(4),
	if the actor committed the offense with the intent to violate or
	abuse the victim sexually;
	(2)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11(a)(1),
	if the actor committed the offense in a manner other than by
	touching, including touching through clothing, the breast of a
	child;
	(3)  sexual assault under Section 22.011;
	(4)  aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021;
	(5)  burglary under Section 30.02, if the offense is
	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the actor
	committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense listed in
	Subdivisions (1)-(4); [and]
	(6)  sexual performance by a child under Section 43.25;
	(7)  trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7)
	or (8); and
	(8)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2).
	SECTION 6.05.  Subsection (a), Section 22.021, Penal Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense:
	(1)  if the person:
	(A)  intentionally or knowingly:
	(i)  causes the penetration of the anus or
	sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's
	consent;
	(ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of
	another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that
	person's consent; or
	(iii)  causes the sexual organ of another
	person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the
	mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the
	actor; or
	(B)  intentionally or knowingly:
	(i)  causes the penetration of the anus or
	sexual organ of a child by any means;
	(ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of
	a child by the sexual organ of the actor;
	(iii)  causes the sexual organ of a child to
	contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another
	person, including the actor;
	(iv)  causes the anus of a child to contact
	the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the
	actor; or
	(v)  causes the mouth of a child to contact
	the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and
	(2)  if:
	(A)  the person:
	(i)  causes serious bodily injury or
	attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the
	course of the same criminal episode;
	(ii)  by acts or words places the victim in
	fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under
	Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious
	bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any
	person;
	(iii)  by acts or words occurring in the
	presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the
	victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or
	to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any
	person;
	(iv)  uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the
	course of the same criminal episode;
	(v)  acts in concert with another who
	engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the
	same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal
	episode; or
	(vi)  administers or provides
	flunitrazepam, otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate,
	or ketamine to the victim of the offense with the intent of
	facilitating the commission of the offense;
	(B)  the victim is younger than 14 years of age; or
	(C)  the victim is an elderly individual or a
	disabled individual.
	ARTICLE 7.  TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE
	SECTION 7.01.  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 7.02.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 24 passed the Senate on
	March 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 24 passed the House on
	April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor