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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed November 22, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | + | March 19, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; March 19, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of |
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| 9 | 12 | | victims of certain offenses. |
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| 10 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 14 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 58, Code of |
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| 12 | 15 | | Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER D. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF |
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| 14 | 17 | | VICTIMS OF STALKING, INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING, OR INDECENT ASSAULT |
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| 15 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Article 58.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 16 | 19 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 20 | | Art. 58.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "victim" |
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| 18 | 21 | | means a person who is the subject of: |
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| 19 | 22 | | (1) an offense that allegedly constitutes: |
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| 20 | 23 | | (A) stalking under Section 42.072, Penal Code; |
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| 21 | 24 | | (B) invasive visual recording under Section |
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| 22 | 25 | | 21.15, Penal Code; or |
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| 23 | 26 | | (C) indecent assault under Section 22.012, Penal |
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| 24 | 27 | | Code; or |
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| 25 | 28 | | (2) an offense that is part of the same criminal |
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| 26 | 29 | | episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense |
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| 27 | 30 | | described by Subdivision (1) [under Section 42.072, Penal Code]. |
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| 28 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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