By:  Phillips, Paxton (Senate Sponsor - Estes)                    H.B. No. 670
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2003; 
April 28, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Criminal Justice; May 21, 2003, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the use of pseudonyms for victims of certain criminal 
offenses connected to the commission of a sex offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 57.01(4), Code of Criminal Procedure, is  
amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Victim" means a person who was the subject of:                   
			(A)  an offense the commission of which leads to a 
reportable conviction or adjudication under Chapter 62; or
			(B)  an offense that is part of the same criminal 
episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense 
described by Paragraph (A) [Article 6252-13c.1, Revised Statutes].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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