Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB693 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: West S.B. No. 693
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2019; March 1, 2019, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
	4	+	April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
	5	+	Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to the reporting of certain information involving family
7	12		violence offenses.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Article 66.102(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
10	15		is amended to read as follows:
11	16		(f) Information in the computerized criminal history system
12	17		relating to sentencing must include for each sentence:
13	18		(1) the sentencing date;
14	19		(2) the sentence for each offense, by offense code and
15	20		incident number;
16	21		(3) if the offender was sentenced to confinement:
17	22		(A) the agency that receives custody of the
18	23		offender;
19	24		(B) the length of the sentence for each offense;
20	25		and
21	26		(C) if multiple sentences were ordered, whether
22	27		the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or
23	28		concurrently;
24	29		(4) if the offender was sentenced to pay a fine, the
25	30		amount of the fine;
26	31		(5) if a sentence to pay a fine or to confinement was
27	32		ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not
28	33		imposed:
29	34		(A) the length of the sentence or the amount of
30	35		the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not
31	36		imposed; and
32	37		(B) the offender's name, offense code, and
33	38		incident number; [and]
34	39		(6) if a sentence other than a fine or confinement was
35	40		ordered, a description of the sentence ordered; and
36	41		(7) whether the judgment imposing the sentence
37	42		reflects an affirmative finding entered under Article 42.013
38	43		(Finding of Family Violence).
39	44		SECTION 2. Article 66.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
40	45		amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to
41	46		read as follows:
42	47		(b) The arresting law enforcement agency shall prepare a
43	48		uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article 66.251 and
44	49		initiate the reporting process for each offender charged with:
45	50		(1) a felony;
46	51		(2) [or] a misdemeanor for which a term of confinement
47	52		may be imposed; or
48	53		(3) a misdemeanor punishable by fine only that
49	54		involves family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code
50	55		[other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only].
51	56		(g) On disposition of a case in which an offender is charged
52	57		with a misdemeanor described by Subsection (b)(3), the clerk of the
53	58		court exercising jurisdiction over the case shall report the
54	59		applicable information regarding the person's citation or arrest
55	60		and the disposition of the case to the Department of Public Safety
56	61		using a uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article
57	62		66.251 or an electronic methodology approved by the Department of
58	63		Public Safety.
59	64		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
60	65		to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
61	66		An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
62	67		covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
63	68		and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
64	69		purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
65	70		effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
66	71		before that date.
67	72		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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