Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.

HB 4672 increases criminal penalties for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years old in Texas. The bill amends the Penal Code to establish that such offenses are punishable by life imprisonment without parole if the victim was under 14 at the time of any abuse act. This applies only to cases where the jury unanimously agrees the victim was under 14, as specified in the law. The change will take effect September 1, 2025, and does not apply retroactively to offenses committed before that date. It directly affects defendants convicted of continuous sexual abuse against children under 14, imposing mandatory life without parole as the maximum penalty.