79R4940 UM-D


By:  Escobar                                                      H.B. No. 3154



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of records regarding sex offense 
victims.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 57.02(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services 
Program of the office of the attorney general [Texas Department of 
Health] shall develop and distribute to all law enforcement 
agencies of the state a pseudonym form to record the name, address, 
telephone number, and pseudonym of a victim.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.