Section 43.05 - Compelling Prostitution(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.(d) For purposes of this section, "coercion" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: (1) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a person, the person's actual or purported: (A) government records; or(B) identifying information or documents;(2) causing a person, without the person's consent, to become intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, to a degree that impairs the person's ability to appraise the nature of the person's conduct that constitutes prostitution or to resist engaging in that conduct; or(3) withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that impairs the ability of a person with a chemical dependency, as defined by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code, to appraise the nature of the person's conduct that constitutes prostitution or to resist engaging in that conduct.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 93,Sec. 2.05, eff. 9/1/2023, app. only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act; an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 273,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1038,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 685,Sec. 40, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1273,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.03, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002, Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. 9/1/1994. Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1974.