H.B. No. 3106
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into
a certain database information related to investigations of sexual
assault or other sex offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as Molly Jane's Law.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 420.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 420.035. DUTY TO ENTER CERTAIN INFORMATION INTO
VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM DATABASE. (a) In this
section, "database" means the national database of the Violent
Criminal Apprehension Program established and maintained by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a successor database.
(b) Each law enforcement agency in this state shall request
access from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter
information into the database.
(c) A law enforcement agency that investigates a sexual
assault or other sex offense shall enter into the database the
following information regarding the investigation of the sexual
assault or other sex offense, as available:
(1) the suspect's name and date of birth;
(2) the specific offense being investigated;
(3) a description of the manner in which the offense
was committed, including any pattern of conduct occurring during
the course of multiple offenses suspected to have been committed by
the suspect; and
(4) any other information required by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the database.
(d) Information entered into the database under this
section is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter 552 in
the manner provided by Section 552.108.
SECTION 3. Section 420.035, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a pending investigation of a sexual
assault or other sex offense, regardless of whether the
investigation was commenced before, on, or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the House on April
30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3106 on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor