89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 4672
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.
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89R16349 MEW-D By: Lowe H.B. No. 4672 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.02, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: (h) Except as provided by Subsection (i), an [An] offense under this section is a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life,