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TX SB332

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/13/2024

Primary Sponsor

Sarah Eckhardt

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds a new provision to Texas sexual assault law establishing that consent is absent when the actor knows the other person is intoxicated by any substance to the point of being incapable of appraising the nature of the act

  • Creates an explicit legal standard that sexual assault occurs when the actor knows the other person has withdrawn consent and persists in the act after consent is withdrawn

  • Amends Section 22.011(b) of the Texas Penal Code by adding two new categories (subdivisions 15 and 16) to the existing list of circumstances that constitute lack of consent

  • Applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025; offenses before that date remain governed by prior law

Legislative Description

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Crimes

Last Action

Referred to Criminal Justice

2/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice2/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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