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1	1	85R2908 MAW-D
2	2	By: Minjarez, Anchia, et al. H.B. No. 415
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated
8	8	kidnapping.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 20.04(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
11	11	as follows:
12	12	(a) A person commits an offense if the actor [he]
13	13	intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the intent
14	14	to:
15	15	(1) hold the person [him] for ransom or reward;
16	16	(2) use the person [him] as a shield or hostage;
17	17	(3) facilitate the commission of a felony or the
18	18	flight after the attempt or commission of a felony;
19	19	(4) inflict bodily injury on the person [him or
20	20	violate or abuse him sexually];
21	21	(5) terrorize the person [him] or a third person; [or]
22	22	(6) interfere with the performance of any governmental
23	23	or political function; or
24	24	(7) violate or abuse the person sexually.
25	25	SECTION 2. Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	Art. 12.01. FELONIES. Except as provided in Article 12.03,
28	28	felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
29	29	afterward:
30	30	(1) no limitation:
31	31	(A) murder and manslaughter;
32	32	(B) sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),
33	33	Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section
34	34	22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
35	35	(C) sexual assault, if:
36	36	(i) during the investigation of the offense
37	37	biological matter is collected and subjected to forensic DNA
38	38	testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match
39	39	the victim or any other person whose identity is readily
40	40	ascertained; or
41	41	(ii) probable cause exists to believe that
42	42	the defendant has committed the same or a similar sexual offense
43	43	against five or more victims;
44	44	(D) continuous sexual abuse of young child or
45	45	children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
46	46	(E) indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
47	47	Penal Code;
48	48	(F) an offense involving leaving the scene of an
49	49	accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the
50	50	accident resulted in the death of a person;
51	51	(G) trafficking of persons under Section
52	52	20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;
53	53	(H) continuous trafficking of persons under
54	54	Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or
55	55	(I) compelling prostitution under Section
56	56	43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;
57	57	(2) ten years from the date of the commission of the
58	58	offense:
59	59	(A) theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,
60	60	by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
61	61	defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
62	62	beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
63	63	(B) theft by a public servant of government
64	64	property over which he exercises control in his official capacity;
65	65	(C) forgery or the uttering, using or passing of
66	66	forged instruments;
67	67	(D) injury to an elderly or disabled individual
68	68	punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,
69	69	Penal Code;
70	70	(E) sexual assault, except as provided by
71	71	Subdivision (1);
72	72	(F) arson;
73	73	(G) trafficking of persons under Section
74	74	20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or
75	75	(H) compelling prostitution under Section
76	76	43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;
77	77	(3) seven years from the date of the commission of the
78	78	offense:
79	79	(A) misapplication of fiduciary property or
80	80	property of a financial institution;
81	81	(B) securing execution of document by deception;
82	82	(C) a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax
83	83	Code;
84	84	(D) false statement to obtain property or credit
85	85	under Section 32.32, Penal Code;
86	86	(E) money laundering;
87	87	(F) credit card or debit card abuse under Section
88	88	32.31, Penal Code;
89	89	(G) fraudulent use or possession of identifying
90	90	information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;
91	91	(H) Medicaid fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal
92	92	Code; or
93	93	(I) bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,
94	94	except as provided by Subdivision (6);
95	95	(4) five years from the date of the commission of the
96	96	offense:
97	97	(A) theft or robbery;
98	98	(B) except as provided by Subdivision (5),
99	99	kidnapping or burglary;
100	100	(C) injury to an elderly or disabled individual
101	101	that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
102	102	22.04, Penal Code;
103	103	(D) abandoning or endangering a child; or
104	104	(E) insurance fraud;
105	105	(5) if the investigation of the offense shows that the
106	106	victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is
107	107	committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of
108	108	the following offenses:
109	109	(A) sexual performance by a child under Section
110	110	43.25, Penal Code;
111	111	(B) aggravated kidnapping under Section
112	112	20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [, if the defendant committed
113	113	the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim
114	114	sexually]; or
115	115	(C) burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if
116	116	the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and
117	117	the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an
118	118	offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or
119	119	Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;
120	120	(6) ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of
121	121	the offense:
122	122	(A) trafficking of persons under Section
123	123	20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;
124	124	(B) injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal
125	125	Code; or
126	126	(C) bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if
127	127	the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than
128	128	the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or
129	129	purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the
130	130	appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the
131	131	time the offense is committed; or
132	132	(7) three years from the date of the commission of the
133	133	offense: all other felonies.
134	134	SECTION 3. Article 42A.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
135	135	amended to read as follows:
136	136	Art. 42A.056. LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY
137	137	SUPERVISION. A defendant is not eligible for community
138	138	supervision under Article 42A.055 if the defendant:
139	139	(1) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that
140	140	exceeds 10 years;
141	141	(2) is convicted of a state jail felony for which
142	142	suspension of the imposition of the sentence occurs automatically
143	143	under Article 42A.551;
144	144	(3) is adjudged guilty of an offense under Section
145	145	19.02, Penal Code;
146	146	(4) is convicted of an offense under Section
147	147	21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, if the victim of the
148	148	offense was younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was
149	149	committed;
150	150	(5) is convicted of an offense under Section
151	151	20.04(a)(7) [20.04], Penal Code, if [:
152	152	[(A)] the victim of the offense was younger than
153	153	14 years of age at the time the offense was committed [; and
154	154	[(B) the actor committed the offense with the
155	155	intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
156	156	(6) is convicted of an offense under Section 20A.02,
157	157	43.05, or 43.25, Penal Code; or
158	158	(7) is convicted of an offense for which punishment is
159	159	increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and
160	160	Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously
161	161	convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under
162	162	any of those subsections.
163	163	SECTION 4. Article 42A.251(2), Code of Criminal Procedure,
164	164	is amended to read as follows:
165	165	(2) "Sex offender" means a person who has been
166	166	convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere
167	167	for, an offense under any one of the following provisions of the
168	168	Penal Code:
169	169	(A) Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)]
170	170	(Aggravated Kidnapping) [, if the person committed the offense with
171	171	the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
172	172	(B) Section 21.08 (Indecent Exposure);
173	173	(C) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
174	174	(D) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
175	175	(E) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
176	176	(F) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct);
177	177	(G) Section 30.02 (Burglary), if:
178	178	(i) the offense is punishable under
179	179	Subsection (d) of that section; and
180	180	(ii) the person committed the offense with
181	181	the intent to commit a felony listed in this subdivision;
182	182	(H) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a
183	183	Child); or
184	184	(I) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of
185	185	Child Pornography).
186	186	SECTION 5. Article 42A.453(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
187	187	is amended to read as follows:
188	188	(b) This article applies to a defendant placed on community
189	189	supervision for an offense under:
190	190	(1) Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [,
191	191	if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to violate or
192	192	abuse the victim sexually];
193	193	(2) Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if the defendant:
194	194	(A) trafficked the victim with the intent or
195	195	knowledge that the victim would engage in sexual conduct, as
196	196	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
197	197	(B) benefited from participating in a venture
198	198	that involved a trafficked victim engaging in sexual conduct, as
199	199	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code;
200	200	(3) Section 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02,
201	201	Penal Code;
202	202	(4) Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under
203	203	Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant committed the
204	204	offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (1)
205	205	or (3); or
206	206	(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code.
207	207	SECTION 6. Article 60.051(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
208	208	is amended to read as follows:
209	209	(g) In addition to the information described by Subsections
210	210	(a)-(f), information in the computerized criminal history system
211	211	must include the age of the victim of the offense if the defendant
212	212	was arrested for or charged with an offense under:
213	213	(1) Section 21.02 (Continuous sexual abuse of young
214	214	child or children), Penal Code;
215	215	(2) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a child), Penal
216	216	Code;
217	217	(3) Section 22.011 (Sexual assault) or 22.021
218	218	(Aggravated sexual assault), Penal Code;
219	219	(4) Section 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child),
220	220	Penal Code;
221	221	(5) Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated
222	222	kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the defendant committed the offense
223	223	with intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
224	224	(6) Section 30.02 (Burglary), Penal Code, if the
225	225	offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the
226	226	defendant committed the offense with intent to commit an offense
227	227	described by Subdivision (2), (3), or (5);
228	228	(7) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of persons), Penal
229	229	Code, if the defendant:
230	230	(A) trafficked a person with the intent or
231	231	knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as
232	232	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
233	233	(B) benefited from participating in a venture
234	234	that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as
235	235	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
236	236	(8) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling prostitution),
237	237	Penal Code.
238	238	SECTION 7. Articles 62.001(5) and (6), Code of Criminal
239	239	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
240	240	(5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
241	241	conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
242	242	delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
243	243	the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
244	244	for or based on:
245	245	(A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
246	246	sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a
247	247	child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual
248	248	assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code;
249	249	(B) a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling
250	250	prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26
251	251	(Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code;
252	252	(B-1) a violation of Section 43.02
253	253	(Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under
254	254	Subsection (c)(3) of that section;
255	255	(C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(7)
256	256	[20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the actor
257	257	committed the offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to
258	258	violate or abuse the victim sexually];
259	259	(D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
260	260	Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
261	261	Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
262	262	or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
263	263	Paragraph (A) or (C);
264	264	(E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
265	265	restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
266	266	Penal Code, if, as applicable:
267	267	(i) the judgment in the case contains an
268	268	affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
269	269	(ii) the order in the hearing or the papers
270	270	in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
271	271	intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
272	272	(F) the second violation of Section 21.08
273	273	(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
274	274	results in a deferred adjudication;
275	275	(G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
276	276	defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
277	277	conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (K);
278	278	(H) a violation of the laws of another state,
279	279	federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
280	280	Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
281	281	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
282	282	of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
283	283	(G), (J), or (K), but not if the violation results in a deferred
284	284	adjudication;
285	285	(I) the second violation of the laws of another
286	286	state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
287	287	Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
288	288	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
289	289	of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
290	290	results in a deferred adjudication;
291	291	(J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
292	292	solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; or
293	293	(K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
294	294	(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code.
295	295	(6) "Sexually violent offense" means any of the
296	296	following offenses committed by a person 17 years of age or older:
297	297	(A) an offense under Section 21.02 (Continuous
298	298	sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11(a)(1) (Indecency
299	299	with a child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), or 22.021 (Aggravated
300	300	sexual assault), Penal Code;
301	301	(B) an offense under Section 43.25 (Sexual
302	302	performance by a child), Penal Code;
303	303	(C) an offense under Section 20.04(a)(7)
304	304	[20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the
305	305	defendant committed the offense with intent to violate or abuse the
306	306	victim sexually];
307	307	(D) an offense under Section 30.02 (Burglary),
308	308	Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of
309	309	that section and the defendant committed the offense with intent to
310	310	commit a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (C) of Subdivision (5);
311	311	or
312	312	(E) an offense under the laws of another state,
313	313	federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
314	314	Military Justice if the offense contains elements that are
315	315	substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed under
316	316	Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
317	317	SECTION 8. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended
318	318	to read as follows:
319	319	(a) This section applies to a defendant who is:
320	320	(1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony
321	321	prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code
322	322	sections:
323	323	(A) Section 20.04(a)(4) or (7);
324	324	(B) Section 21.11;
325	325	(C) Section 22.011;
326	326	(D) Section 22.021;
327	327	(E) Section 25.02;
328	328	(F) Section 30.02(d);
329	329	(G) Section 43.05;
330	330	(H) Section 43.25;
331	331	(I) Section 43.26;
332	332	(J) Section 21.02; or
333	333	(K) Section 20A.03;
334	334	(2) arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1)
335	335	after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred
336	336	adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an
337	337	offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or
338	338	(3) convicted of an offense:
339	339	(A) under Title 5, Penal Code, other than an
340	340	offense described by Subdivision (1), that is punishable as a Class
341	341	A misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, except for an
342	342	offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section 20.02,
343	343	22.01, or 22.05, Penal Code; or
344	344	(B) under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.03, or 43.24,
345	345	Penal Code.
346	346	SECTION 9. Section 508.187(a), Government Code, is amended
347	347	to read as follows:
348	348	(a) This section applies only to a releasee serving a
349	349	sentence for an offense under:
350	350	(1) Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code;
351	351	(2) Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02,
352	352	Penal Code;
353	353	(3) Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [,
354	354	if the releasee committed the offense with the intent to violate or
355	355	abuse the victim sexually];
356	356	(4) Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under
357	357	Subsection (d) of that section, if the releasee committed the
358	358	offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (2)
359	359	or (3);
360	360	(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
361	361	(6) Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if the defendant:
362	362	(A) trafficked the victim with the intent or
363	363	knowledge that the victim would engage in sexual conduct, as
364	364	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
365	365	(B) benefited from participating in a venture
366	366	that involved a trafficked victim engaging in sexual conduct, as
367	367	defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code.
368	368	SECTION 10. Section 841.002(8), Health and Safety Code, is
369	369	amended to read as follows:
370	370	(8) "Sexually violent offense" means:
371	371	(A) an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11(a)(1),
372	372	22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code;
373	373	(B) an offense under Section 20.04(a)(7)
374	374	[20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [, if the person committed the offense
375	375	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
376	376	(C) an offense under Section 30.02, Penal Code,
377	377	if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section
378	378	and the person committed the offense with the intent to commit an
379	379	offense listed in Paragraph (A) or (B);
380	380	(D) an offense under Section 19.02 or 19.03,
381	381	Penal Code, that, during the guilt or innocence phase or the
382	382	punishment phase for the offense, during the adjudication or
383	383	disposition of delinquent conduct constituting the offense, or
384	384	subsequently during a civil commitment proceeding under Subchapter
385	385	D, is determined beyond a reasonable doubt to have been based on
386	386	sexually motivated conduct;
387	387	(E) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
388	388	defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense listed in
389	389	Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D);
390	390	(F) an offense under prior state law that
391	391	contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an
392	392	offense listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); or
393	393	(G) an offense under the law of another state,
394	394	federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains
395	395	elements substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed
396	396	in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
397	397	SECTION 11. Section 12.42(c)(2), Penal Code, is amended to
398	398	read as follows:
399	399	(2) Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), a defendant
400	400	shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
401	401	Criminal Justice for life if:
402	402	(A) the defendant is convicted of an offense:
403	403	(i) under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
404	404	21.11(a)(1), 22.021, or 22.011 [, Penal Code];
405	405	(ii) under Section 20.04(a)(7)
406	406	[20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
407	407	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually]; or
408	408	(iii) under Section 30.02, [Penal Code,]
409	409	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
410	410	committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
411	411	by Subparagraph (i) or (ii) or a felony under Section 21.11 [, Penal
412	412	Code]; and
413	413	(B) the defendant has been previously convicted
414	414	of an offense:
415	415	(i) under Section 43.25 or 43.26 [, Penal
416	416	Code], or [an offense] under Section 43.23 if[, Penal Code,]
417	417	punishable under Subsection (h) of that section;
418	418	(ii) under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
419	419	21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02 [, Penal Code];
420	420	(iii) under Section 20.04(a)(7)
421	421	[20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
422	422	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
423	423	(iv) under Section 30.02, [Penal Code,]
424	424	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
425	425	committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
426	426	by Subparagraph (ii) or (iii); or
427	427	(v) under the laws of another state
428	428	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
429	429	of an offense listed in Subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv).
430	430	SECTION 12. Section 21.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to
431	431	read as follows:
432	432	(c) For purposes of this section, "act of sexual abuse"
433	433	means any act that is a violation of one or more of the following
434	434	penal laws:
435	435	(1) aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04(a)(7)
436	436	[20.04(a)(4), if the actor committed the offense with the intent to
437	437	violate or abuse the victim sexually];
438	438	(2) indecency with a child under Section 21.11(a)(1),
439	439	if the actor committed the offense in a manner other than by
440	440	touching, including touching through clothing, the breast of a
441	441	child;
442	442	(3) sexual assault under Section 22.011;
443	443	(4) aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021;
444	444	(5) burglary under Section 30.02, if the offense is
445	445	punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the actor
446	446	committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense listed in
447	447	Subdivisions (1)-(4);
448	448	(6) sexual performance by a child under Section 43.25;
449	449	(7) trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7)
450	450	or (8); and
451	451	(8) compelling prostitution under Section
452	452	43.05(a)(2).
453	453	SECTION 13. The change in law made by this Act applies only
454	454	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
455	455	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
456	456	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
457	457	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
458	458	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
459	459	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
460	460	before that date.
461	461	SECTION 14. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.