(E) causes the mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor. (D) causes the anus of a child to contact the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor or (C) causes the sexual organ of a child to contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor
(B) causes the penetration of the mouth of a child by the sexual organ of the actor (A) causes the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of a child by any means (2) regardless of whether the person knows the age of the child at the time of the offense, the person intentionally or knowingly: (C) causes the sexual organ of another person, without that person’s consent, to contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor or (B) causes the penetration of the mouth of another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that person’s consent or (A) causes the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person’s consent (1) the person intentionally or knowingly: The current Texas Sexual Assault law is as follows: 1
Subsection (a)(1) of the Sexual Assault Law deals with sexual assault of adults, where the primary issue is “consent.” The next subsection, subsection (a)(2), deals with Child Sex Assault.
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The Texas crime of Sexual Assault is defined in Texas Penal Code Section 22.011(a). Learn about other sex crimes in Texas What is the current Texas law about Sexual Assault? Another law called Sexual Performance by a Child prohibits getting a child (under 18) to participate in a sexual performance. Indecency with a Child covers all sexual contact between minors (under 17) and adults. Not every type of sexual conduct involving children is covered in the Sexual Assault law. In addition, there are many Texas offenses that prohibit various kinds of sexual conduct between adults and minors. The 86th Texas Legislature created another related offense called Indecent Assault, effective as of September 2019. The 85th Texas Legislature created a new offense called Sexual Coercion, effective as of September 2017. Under the Texas Penal Code, the Sexual Assault offense is a separate offense from Aggravated Sexual Assault, which requires the state’s attorneys to prove certain additional factors and carries a more substantial penalty. Sexual Assault is certainly not the only Texas law dealing with illegal sexual conduct.
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