| 1 | 1 | | 86R6932 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1920 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to required reporting of human trafficking cases by peace |
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| 8 | 8 | | officers and prosecutors. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Article 2.305 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 2.305. REPORT REQUIRED CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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| 13 | 13 | | CASES. (a) This article applies only to a municipal police |
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| 14 | 14 | | department, sheriff's department, constable's office, county |
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| 15 | 15 | | attorney's office, district attorney's office, and criminal |
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| 16 | 16 | | district attorney's office, as applicable, in a county with a |
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| 17 | 17 | | population of more than 50,000. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A peace officer who investigates the alleged commission |
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| 19 | 19 | | of an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, shall prepare and |
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| 20 | 20 | | submit to a university designated by the attorney general a written |
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| 21 | 21 | | report that includes the following information: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) the offense being investigated, including a brief |
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| 23 | 23 | | description of the alleged prohibited conduct; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) regarding each person suspected of the offense and |
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| 25 | 25 | | each victim of the offense, the person's: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) name; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) age; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) gender; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (D) race or ethnicity, as defined by Article |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.132; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) the date, time, and location of the alleged |
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| 32 | 32 | | offense; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) the type of human trafficking involved, including: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) forced labor or services, as defined by |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 20A.01, Penal Code; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) causing the victim by force, fraud, or |
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| 37 | 37 | | coercion to engage in prohibited conduct involving one or more |
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| 38 | 38 | | sexual activities, including conduct described by Section |
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| 39 | 39 | | 20A.02(a)(3), Penal Code; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (C) causing a child victim by any means to engage |
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| 41 | 41 | | in, or become the victim of, prohibited conduct involving one or |
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| 42 | 42 | | more sexual activities, including conduct described by Section |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (5) the disposition of the investigation, regardless |
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| 45 | 45 | | of the manner of disposition. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) An attorney representing the state who prosecutes the |
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| 47 | 47 | | alleged commission of an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, |
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| 48 | 48 | | shall prepare and submit to a university designated by the attorney |
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| 49 | 49 | | general a written report that includes the following information: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) the offense being prosecuted, including a brief |
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| 51 | 51 | | description of the alleged prohibited conduct; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) the information described by Subsections (b)(2), |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3), and (4); and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) the disposition of the prosecution, regardless of |
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| 55 | 55 | | the manner of disposition. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) The attorney general may prescribe: |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) the form and manner of submission of a report |
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| 58 | 58 | | required by Subsection (b) or (c); and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) additional information to include in a report |
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| 60 | 60 | | required by Subsection (b) or (c). |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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