H.B. No. 757
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the consequences of receiving a grant of deferred
  adjudication community supervision and successfully completing the
  period of supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (d) to
  read as follows:
         (c-1)  Subject to Subsection (d), an offense for which the
  defendant received a dismissal and discharge under this article may
  not be used as grounds for denying issuance of a professional or
  occupational license or certificate to, or suspending or revoking
  the professional or occupational license or certificate of, an
  individual otherwise entitled to or qualified for the license or
  certificate.
         (d)  For any defendant who receives a dismissal and discharge
  under this article:
               (1)  on conviction of a subsequent offense, the fact
  that the defendant previously has received deferred adjudication
  community supervision is admissible before the court or jury for
  consideration on the issue of penalty;
               (2)  if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder
  of a license under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, the Department
  of Family and Protective Services may consider the fact that the
  defendant previously has received deferred adjudication community
  supervision in issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a license
  under that chapter; [and]
               (3)  if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder
  of a license to provide mental health or medical services for the
  rehabilitation of sex offenders, the Council on Sex Offender
  Treatment may consider the fact that the defendant previously has
  received deferred adjudication community supervision in issuing,
  renewing, denying, or revoking a license issued by that council;
  and
               (4)  if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder
  of a professional or occupational license or certificate, the
  licensing agency may consider the fact that the defendant
  previously has received deferred adjudication community
  supervision in issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a license or
  certificate if:
                     (A)  the defendant was placed on deferred
  adjudication community supervision for an offense:
                           (i)  listed in Article 42A.054(a);
                           (ii)  described by Article 62.001(5) or (6);
                           (iii)  committed under Chapter 21 or 43,
  Penal Code; or
                           (iv)  related to the activity or conduct for
  which the person seeks or holds the license;
                     (B)  the profession for which the defendant holds
  or seeks a license or certificate involves direct contact with
  children in the normal course of official duties or duties for which
  the license or certification is required; or
                     (C)  the defendant is an applicant for or the
  holder of a license or certificate issued under Chapter 1701,
  Occupations Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a defendant placed on deferred adjudication community
  supervision for an offense committed on or after the effective date
  of this Act.  A defendant placed on deferred adjudication community
  supervision for an offense committed before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was
  committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
  before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
  was committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 757 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 757 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 757 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor