Compare TX SB 242 (2025) and TX SB 412 (2025)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- TX SB 242 (2025) · Texas · 2025 · Failed
- TX SB 412 (2025) · Texas · 2025 · Enacted
211 shared 8-word phrases found in the introduced text of these two bills.
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| TX SB 242 (2025) | TX SB 412 (2025) |
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| S.B. No. 242 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain | S.B. No. 412 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain |
| otherwise harmful to children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the sale, distribution, or exhibition was by a person having | otherwise harmful to children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the sale, distribution, or exhibition was by a person having |
| scientific[, educational, governmental,] or other similar justification. 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… | scientific, educational, governmental, or other similar] justification. 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… |