Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1902	Senate Author:  Perry et al.
Effective:  9-1-15	House Sponsor:  Herrero et al.

            Senate Bill 1902 amends the Business & Commerce Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, and Occupations Code to establish an alternative framework for granting an order of nondisclosure to a person who receives a discharge and dismissal after being placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for certain nonviolent misdemeanors. The bill expands the group of persons eligible for an order of nondisclosure and the offenses that render a person ineligible for an order of nondisclosure. The bill expands the list of noncriminal justice agencies to which a criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure and provides for the admissibility and use of such criminal history record information that is related to a conviction in a subsequent criminal proceeding.