Texas Penal Code

§ 43.05 — COMPELLING PROSTITUTION

PE § 43.05Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY · Art. A. PROSTITUTION

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1)causes another by force, threat, coercion, or fraud to commit prostitution;

(2)causes by any means a child younger than 18 years to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the time of the offense; or

(3)causes by any means a disabled individual, as defined by Section 22.021(b), to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the individual is disabled at the time of the offense.

(b)An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.

(c)If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both sections.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002 (H.B. 4009), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1273 (S.B. 825), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (H.B. 1808), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 273 (S.B. 1802), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 1527), Sec. 2.05, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 (H.B. 2761), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.