Children; use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses, exception.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children; exception. Provides that the crime of using communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children only applies when (i) the child involved is within the age ranges prescribed by law or (ii) the other person involved is a law-enforcement officer posing as a child within the age ranges prescribed by law while in the performance of his official duties.

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Docket history

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7/21/2026Continued from last session
2/11/2026Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
2/6/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1027)
2/6/2026Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2/6/2026House subcommittee offered
2/5/2026Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
1/14/2026Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
1/14/2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103294D