Texas Penal Code

§ 20A.03 — CONTINUOUS TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS

PE § 20A.03Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 20A. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 against one or more victims.

(b)If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on which specific conduct engaged in by the defendant constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 or on which exact date the defendant engaged in that conduct. The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 20A.02.

(c)If the victim of an offense under Subsection (a) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20A.02, a defendant may not be convicted of the offense under Section 20A.02 in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20A.02:

(1)is charged in the alternative;

(2)occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or

(3)is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 332 (H.B. 10), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 (H.B. 2761), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.