Texas Penal Code
§ 43.021 — SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION
PE § 43.021Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY · Art. A. PROSTITUTION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person or another.
(b)An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony, except that the offense is:
(1)a felony of the third degree if the actor has previously been convicted of an offense under Subsection (a) or under Section 43.02(b), as that law existed before September 1, 2021; or
(2)a felony of the second degree if the person with respect to whom the actor offers or agrees to engage in sexual conduct is:
(A)younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the offense;
(B)represented to the actor as being younger than 18 years of age; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 1527), Sec. 2.03, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 1527), Sec. 2.04, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 17.003, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2025.