By:  Geren                                                        H.B. No. 2925



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain offenses eligible for civil commitment.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 841.002(8), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(8)  "Sexually violent offense" means:                                        
			(A)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(1), 
22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code;  
			(B)  an offense under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal 
Code, if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to 
violate or abuse the victim sexually;
			(C)  an offense under Section 30.02, Penal Code, 
if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section 
and the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an 
offense listed in Paragraph (A) or (B);
			(D)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as 
defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense listed in 
Paragraph (A), (B), [or] (C), or (G);
			(E)  an offense under prior state law that 
contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an 
offense listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), [or] (D), or (G);
			(F)  an offense under the law of another state, 
federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains 
elements substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed 
in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), [or] (D), or (G);
			(G)  an offense that is a violation of Section 
19.02 or Section 19.03, Penal Code, if the evidence indicates that 
the defendant committed the offense with intent to violate or abuse 
the victim sexually and prior to the defendant's release from the 
institutional division, the prosecuting authority for the county of 
conviction notifies the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Sexual 
Offender Treatment Program that the murder of capital murder was a 
sexually violent offense.
	SECTION 2.  Section 841.003, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Section 841.003(c) as follows:
	(c)  A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the 
purposes of this chapter if the person is convicted of murder or 
capital murder under Section 841.002(8)G, and has committed one or 
more additional sexually violent offenses.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.