Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
What changed between versions
Added mandatory human trafficking training requirements for tattoo studio and body piercing studio employees, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated law enforcement reporting requirements to include additional information about victims and suspects, including race, ethnicity, and country of origin.
Created a new offense for continuous promotion of prostitution when someone engages in prostitution promotion two or more times over a 30-day period.
Expanded trafficking penalties to include trafficking of children or disabled individuals regardless of whether the trafficker knows the victim's age or disability status.
Established a statewide human trafficking data repository to collect, organize, and analyze trafficking information for better prevention and prosecution efforts.
Set implementation deadlines for new requirements, with initial reporting delayed until July 1, 2026, and full compliance required by September 1, 2025.
Added new definitions for online promotion of prostitution and aggravated online promotion of prostitution to the Penal Code.
