Compare TX HB 995 (2025) and TX SB 412 (2025)

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B. No. 995 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating toB. No. 412 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to
otherwise harmful to children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sectionotherwise harmful to children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section
an affirmative] defense to prosecution under this section that the sale, distribution, or exhibition was by a person havingan affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the sale, distribution, or exhibition was by a person having
SECTION 2. Section 43.25(f), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that: (1) the defendant was the spouse of the child at the time of the offense; (2) the conduct was for a bona fide [educational, medical, psychological, psychiatric,] judicial or [,] law enforcement[, or legislative] purpose; or (3) the defendant is not more than two years older than the child. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and…SECTION 2. Section 43.25(f), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that: (1) the defendant was the spouse of the child at the time of the offense; (2) the conduct was for a bona fide [educational, medical, psychological, psychiatric,] judicial, law enforcement, or legislative purpose; or (3) the defendant is not more than two years older than the child. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the form…