Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2921 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	89R3291 MCF-D
2	2	By: Parker S.B. No. 2921
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the applicability of sex offender registration
10	10	requirements to the offense of indecent assault.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,
13	13	is amended to read as follows:
14	14	(5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
15	15	conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
16	16	delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
17	17	the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
18	18	for or based on:
19	19	(A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
20	20	sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual), 21.09
21	21	(Bestiality), 21.11 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual
22	22	assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited
23	23	sexual conduct), Penal Code;
24	24	(B) a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated
25	25	promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25
26	26	(Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion
27	27	of child pornography), Penal Code;
28	28	(B-1) a violation of Section 43.021
29	29	(Solicitation of Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is
30	30	punishable as a felony of the second degree;
31	31	(C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
32	32	(Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
33	33	offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
34	34	the victim sexually;
35	35	(D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
36	36	Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
37	37	Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
38	38	or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
39	39	Paragraph (A) or (C);
40	40	(E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
41	41	restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
42	42	Penal Code, if, as applicable:
43	43	(i) the judgment in the case contains an
44	44	affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
45	45	(ii) the order in the hearing or the papers
46	46	in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
47	47	intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
48	48	(F) the second violation of Section 21.08
49	49	(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
50	50	results in a deferred adjudication;
51	51	(F-1) the second violation of Section 22.012
52	52	(Indecent assault), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
53	53	results in a deferred adjudication;
54	54	(G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
55	55	defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
56	56	conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L);
57	57	(H) a violation of the laws of another state,
58	58	federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
59	59	Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
60	60	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
61	61	of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
62	62	(G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a
63	63	deferred adjudication;
64	64	(I) the second violation of the laws of another
65	65	state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
66	66	Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
67	67	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
68	68	of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
69	69	results in a deferred adjudication;
70	70	(I-1) the second violation of the laws of another
71	71	state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
72	72	Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
73	73	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
74	74	of the offense of indecent assault, but not if the second violation
75	75	results in a deferred adjudication;
76	76	(J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
77	77	solicitation of a minor), Penal Code;
78	78	(K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
79	79	(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or
80	80	(L) a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous
81	81	trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly
82	82	or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
83	83	20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code.
84	84	SECTION 2. Article 62.053(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
85	85	is amended to read as follows:
86	86	(d) If a person who has a reportable conviction described by
87	87	Article 62.001(5)(H), [or] (I), or (I-1) is placed under the
88	88	supervision of the parole division of the Texas Department of
89	89	Criminal Justice or a community supervision and corrections
90	90	department under Section 510.017, Government Code, the division or
91	91	community supervision and corrections department shall conduct the
92	92	prerelease notification and registration requirements specified in
93	93	this article on the date the person is placed under the supervision
94	94	of the division or community supervision and corrections
95	95	department. If a person who has a reportable adjudication of
96	96	delinquent conduct described by Article 62.001(5)(H), [or] (I), or
97	97	(I-1) is[, as permitted by Section 60.002, Family Code,] placed
98	98	under the supervision of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
99	99	[Youth Commission], a public or private vendor operating under
100	100	contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
101	101	Commission], a local juvenile probation department, or a juvenile
102	102	secure pre-adjudication or post-adjudication facility, the
103	103	department [commission], vendor, probation department, or facility
104	104	shall conduct the prerelease notification and registration
105	105	requirements specified in this article on the date the person is
106	106	placed under the supervision of the department [commission],
107	107	vendor, probation department, or facility.
108	108	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
109	109	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
110	110	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
111	111	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
112	112	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
113	113	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
114	114	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
115	115	before that date.
116	116	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.