TITLE: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. 12.

SUMMARY: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. 12.

FULL TEXT:
88(R) SR 704-Enrolled version-Bill Text By: Hughes S.R. No. 704 SENATE RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate Bill 12 (the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense) to consider and take action on the following matter: Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 3 of the bill, by adding Section 43.28(a)(1)(E), Penal Code, to read as follows: (E) the exhibition of sexual gesticulations using accessories or prosthetics that exaggerate male or female sexual characteristics Explanation: The change is necessary to add additional conduct to the definition of sexual conduct. President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12.