| 1 | 1 | | 89R3062 LHC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson H.B. No. 539 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of |
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| 10 | 10 | | trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Sections 411.0728(a) and (b), Government Code, |
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| 13 | 13 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) This section applies only to a person: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) who is convicted of or placed on deferred |
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| 16 | 16 | | adjudication community supervision for an offense under: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) Section 481.1151, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (C) Section 481.116, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (D) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (E) Section 481.117, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (F) Section 481.118, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (G) Section 481.119(b), Health and Safety Code; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (H) Section 481.120, Health and Safety Code[, if |
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| 25 | 25 | | the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1)]; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (I) [(B)] Section 481.121, Health and Safety |
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| 27 | 27 | | Code[, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1)]; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (J) [(C)] Section 31.03, Penal Code[, if the |
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| 29 | 29 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (e)(1) or (2)]; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (K) Section 31.16, Penal Code; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (L) Section 31.17, Penal Code; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (M) [(D)] Section 43.02, Penal Code; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) who, if requested by the applicable law |
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| 34 | 34 | | enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney to provide assistance in |
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| 35 | 35 | | the investigation or prosecution of an offense under Section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code, or a federal offense |
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| 37 | 37 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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| 38 | 38 | | of an offense under any of those sections: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) provided assistance in the investigation or |
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| 40 | 40 | | prosecution of the offense; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) did not provide assistance in the |
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| 42 | 42 | | investigation or prosecution of the offense due to the person's age |
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| 43 | 43 | | or a physical or mental disability resulting from being a victim of |
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| 44 | 44 | | an offense described by this subdivision. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter |
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| 46 | 46 | | or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) who is not |
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| 47 | 47 | | ineligible for an order of nondisclosure under Section |
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| 48 | 48 | | 411.074(b)(1)(A), (B), or (C) [satisfies the requirements of |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 411.074(b)] may petition the court that convicted the |
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| 50 | 50 | | person or placed the person on deferred adjudication community |
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| 51 | 51 | | supervision for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history |
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| 52 | 52 | | record information under this section on the grounds that the |
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| 53 | 53 | | person committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense under |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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