Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB491 Latest Draft

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                            85R18124 LHC-D
 By: Frullo H.B. No. 491
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 491:
 By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 491


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to requiring registration as a sex offender of certain
 defendants convicted of the offense of continuous trafficking of
 persons.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,
 is amended to read as follows:
 (5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
 conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
 delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
 the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
 for or based on:
 (A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
 sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a
 child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual
 assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code;
 (B)  a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling
 prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26
 (Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code;
 (B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02
 (Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under
 Subsection (c)(3) of that section;
 (C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
 (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
 offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
 the victim sexually;
 (D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
 Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
 Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
 or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
 Paragraph (A) or (C);
 (E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
 restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
 Penal Code, if, as applicable:
 (i)  the judgment in the case contains an
 affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
 (ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers
 in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
 intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
 (F)  the second violation of Section 21.08
 (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
 results in a deferred adjudication;
 (G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
 defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
 conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), [or] (K), or
 (L);
 (H)  a violation of the laws of another state,
 federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
 Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
 containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
 of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
 (G), (J), [or] (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a
 deferred adjudication;
 (I)  the second violation of the laws of another
 state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
 Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
 containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
 of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
 results in a deferred adjudication;
 (J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
 solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; [or]
 (K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
 (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or
 (L)  a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous
 trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly
 or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code.
 SECTION 2.  Article 62.101(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
 is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapter I,
 the duty to register for a person ends when the person dies if the
 person has a reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an
 adjudication of delinquent conduct, for:
 (1)  a sexually violent offense;
 (2)  an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7),
 or (8), 25.02, 43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code;
 (3)  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, if
 based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under
 Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code;
 (4)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,
 if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the
 offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives
 or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication,
 other than an adjudication of delinquent conduct, for an offense or
 conduct that requires registration under this chapter;
 (5) [(4)]  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or
 20.04, Penal Code, if:
 (A)  the judgment in the case contains an
 affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for a deferred
 adjudication, the papers in the case contain an affirmative finding
 that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
 and
 (B)  before or after the person is convicted or
 adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
 Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable
 conviction or adjudication, other than an adjudication of
 delinquent conduct, for an offense or conduct that requires
 registration under this chapter; or
 (6) [(5)]  an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code,
 that is punishable under Subsection (h) of that section.
 SECTION 3.  Articles 62.001 and 62.101, Code of Criminal
 Procedure, as amended by this Act, apply 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.