TX: New laws take effect
They say everything is bigger in Texas. I don’t know about everything, but the penalties for sexual-related offenses are certainly getting bigger in Texas.
Starting next week (9/1/2021) Texas will be the first state to charge persons soliciting prostitution with a felony! HB 1540 now makes soliciting a prostitute punishable by six months to two years in jail! And if you solicited the prostitute from a rehab facility or homeless shelter, that’s a first degree felony! They claim the new law is to crack down on “Human Trafficking” but look out for the sidewalk stings to catch low hanging fruit.
Also, passed was Senate Bill 1164 which provides that if someone has a coach, tutor or caregiver (even if you the victim is not a minor), consent cannot be given. In other words, if an adult and their caregiver or coach have a consensual relationship, that’s sexual assault.
Last but not least is HB 375, which expanded the crime of “continuous sexual abuse of a young child” to include disabled individuals of any age. Sexual abuse of a disabled individual is now a first-degree felony punishable by 25 years to life in prison with no possibility for parole.
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Outlet blames Defund Police movement for this security lapse:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/austin-texas-hundreds-sex-offenders-monitored-civilians-police-defunding.amp
You know what will be very interesting about this law? We’ll see how well they apply this law to oil service companies that hire prostitutes for men that work for oil companies, in order to try to get business from those oil companies. Who are they going to charge with a felony, the service company that paid for the prostitute or the man who used the prostitute service but did not pay for it?
What about all the prostitutes they bring in for the oil show? Who are they going to charge then, those who brought them and paid for them (to offer them up in exchange for business deals) or those who use them?
My guess is that this law will not apply to them, and this is exactly where they should be looking for this sex trafficking problem they are supposedly looking for. Our lawmakers are so full of sh**!
Did you guys also see that it will also be a law now (in Texas) for law enforcement to keep the vehicles of anybody caught car racing? How convenient, huh?
Once again these states of confusion are generated by politics and the laws they produce. There is no neutral zone when it comes to politics.
Texas doesn’t send their brightest to Austin or Washington. Texas AG Ken Paxton is under investigation for felonies and currently up for re-election. Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Cancun while Texas was frozen( Hell has finally froze). How many politicians will get caught in the web of these laws? Texas has better things to do for the state; yet it decides to try mimic Florida. Things might be bigger in Texas but I wouldn’t brag about bs laws like these.