Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 8 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Texas Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a statewide database of information relating to criminal street gangs. Criteria are set forth for including information in the database, and local criminal justice agencies are authorized to compile and required to forward information that satisfies the criteria to the department. The act provides for the removal of information from the database if the individual does not commit another offense within a specified time, and it provides a procedure for removing information relating to a child from the local and statewide databases if the information does not comply with the submission criteria.