HB3327 - Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.

  89R10256 JCG-D     By: Hefner H.B. No. 3327       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for   the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful   material to a minor.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.24(c), Penal Code, is repealed.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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 former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.