85R2908 MAW-D
 
  By: Minjarez, Anchia, et al. H.B. No. 415
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated
  kidnapping.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 20.04(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the actor [he]
  intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the intent
  to:
               (1)  hold the person [him] for ransom or reward;
               (2)  use the person [him] as a shield or hostage;
               (3)  facilitate the commission of a felony or the
  flight after the attempt or commission of a felony;
               (4)  inflict bodily injury on the person [him or
  violate or abuse him sexually];
               (5)  terrorize the person [him] or a third person; [or]
               (6)  interfere with the performance of any governmental
  or political function; or
               (7)  violate or abuse the person sexually.
         SECTION 2.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Article 12.03,
  felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
  afterward:
               (1)  no limitation:
                     (A)  murder and manslaughter;
                     (B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),
  Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section
  22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
                     (C)  sexual assault, if:
                           (i)  during the investigation of the offense
  biological matter is collected and subjected to forensic DNA
  testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match
  the victim or any other person whose identity is readily
  ascertained; or
                           (ii)  probable cause exists to believe that
  the defendant has committed the same or a similar sexual offense
  against five or more victims;
                     (D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
  children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
                     (E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
  Penal Code;
                     (F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an
  accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the
  accident resulted in the death of a person;
                     (G)  trafficking of persons under Section
  20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;
                     (H)  continuous trafficking of persons under
  Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or
                     (I)  compelling prostitution under Section
  43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;
               (2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the
  offense:
                     (A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,
  by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
  defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
  beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
                     (B)  theft by a public servant of government
  property over which he exercises control in his official capacity;
                     (C)  forgery or the uttering, using or passing of
  forged instruments;
                     (D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
  punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,
  Penal Code;
                     (E)  sexual assault, except as provided by
  Subdivision (1);
                     (F)  arson;
                     (G)  trafficking of persons under Section
  20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or
                     (H)  compelling prostitution under Section
  43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;
               (3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the
  offense:
                     (A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or
  property of a financial institution;
                     (B)  securing execution of document by deception;
                     (C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax
  Code;
                     (D)  false statement to obtain property or credit
  under Section 32.32, Penal Code;
                     (E)  money laundering;
                     (F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section
  32.31, Penal Code;
                     (G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying
  information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;
                     (H)  Medicaid fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal
  Code; or
                     (I)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,
  except as provided by Subdivision (6);
               (4)  five years from the date of the commission of the
  offense:
                     (A)  theft or robbery;
                     (B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),
  kidnapping or burglary;
                     (C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
  that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
  22.04, Penal Code;
                     (D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or
                     (E)  insurance fraud;
               (5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the
  victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is
  committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of
  the following offenses:
                     (A)  sexual performance by a child under Section
  43.25, Penal Code;
                     (B)  aggravated kidnapping under Section
  20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [, if the defendant committed
  the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim
  sexually]; or
                     (C)  burglary 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 described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or
  Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;
               (6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of
  the offense:
                     (A)  trafficking of persons under Section
  20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;
                     (B)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal
  Code; or
                     (C)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if
  the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than
  the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or
  purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the
  appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the
  time the offense is committed; or
               (7)  three years from the date of the commission of the
  offense:  all other felonies.
         SECTION 3.  Article 42A.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 42A.056.  LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY
  SUPERVISION.  A defendant is not eligible for community
  supervision under Article 42A.055 if the defendant:
               (1)  is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that
  exceeds 10 years;
               (2)  is convicted of a state jail felony for which
  suspension of the imposition of the sentence occurs automatically
  under Article 42A.551;
               (3)  is adjudged guilty of an offense under Section
  19.02, Penal Code;
               (4)  is convicted of an offense under Section
  21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, if the victim of the
  offense was younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was
  committed;
               (5)  is convicted of an offense under Section
  20.04(a)(7) [20.04], Penal Code, if [:
                     [(A)]  the victim of the offense was younger than
  14 years of age at the time the offense was committed [; and
                     [(B)     the actor committed the offense with the
  intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
               (6)  is convicted of an offense under Section 20A.02,
  43.05, or 43.25, Penal Code; or
               (7)  is convicted of an offense for which punishment is
  increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and
  Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously
  convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under
  any of those subsections.
         SECTION 4.  Article 42A.251(2), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Sex offender" means a person who has been
  convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere
  for, an offense under any one of the following provisions of the
  Penal Code:
                     (A)  Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)]
  (Aggravated Kidnapping) [, if the person committed the offense with
  the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
                     (B)  Section 21.08 (Indecent Exposure);
                     (C)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
                     (D)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
                     (E)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
                     (F)  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct);
                     (G)  Section 30.02 (Burglary), if:
                           (i)  the offense is punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section; and
                           (ii)  the person committed the offense with
  the intent to commit a felony listed in this subdivision;
                     (H)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a
  Child); or
                     (I)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of
  Child Pornography).
         SECTION 5.  Article 42A.453(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This article applies to a defendant placed on community
  supervision for an offense under:
               (1)  Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [,
  if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to violate or
  abuse the victim sexually];
               (2)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if the defendant:
                     (A)  trafficked the victim with the intent or
  knowledge that the victim would engage in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  benefited from participating in a venture
  that involved a trafficked victim engaging in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code;
               (3)  Section 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02,
  Penal Code;
               (4)  Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant committed the
  offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (1)
  or (3); or
               (5)  Section 43.05(a)(2), 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code.
         SECTION 6.  Article 60.051(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (g)  In addition to the information described by Subsections
  (a)-(f), information in the computerized criminal history system
  must include the age of the victim of the offense if the defendant
  was arrested for or charged with an offense under:
               (1)  Section 21.02 (Continuous sexual abuse of young
  child or children), Penal Code;
               (2)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a child), Penal
  Code;
               (3)  Section 22.011 (Sexual assault) or 22.021
  (Aggravated sexual assault), Penal Code;
               (4)  Section 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child),
  Penal Code;
               (5)  Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated
  kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the defendant committed the offense
  with intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
               (6)  Section 30.02 (Burglary), Penal Code, if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the
  defendant committed the offense with intent to commit an offense
  described by Subdivision (2), (3), or (5);
               (7)  Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of persons), Penal
  Code, if the defendant:
                     (A)  trafficked a person with the intent or
  knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  benefited from participating in a venture
  that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
               (8)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling prostitution),
  Penal Code.
         SECTION 7.  Articles 62.001(5) and (6), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
               (5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
  conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
  delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
  the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
  for or based on:
                     (A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
  sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a
  child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual
  assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code;
                     (B)  a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling
  prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26
  (Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code;
                     (B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02
  (Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under
  Subsection (c)(3) of that section;
                     (C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the actor
  committed the offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to
  violate or abuse the victim sexually];
                     (D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
  Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
  or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
  Paragraph (A) or (C);
                     (E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
  restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
  Penal Code, if, as applicable:
                           (i)  the judgment in the case contains an
  affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
                           (ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers
  in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
  intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
                     (F)  the second violation of Section 21.08
  (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
  results in a deferred adjudication;
                     (G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
  defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
  conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (K);
                     (H)  a violation of the laws of another state,
  federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
  Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
  (G), (J), or (K), but not if the violation results in a deferred
  adjudication;
                     (I)  the second violation of the laws of another
  state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
  Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
  results in a deferred adjudication;
                     (J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
  solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; or
                     (K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
  (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code.
               (6)  "Sexually violent offense" means any of the
  following offenses committed by a person 17 years of age or older:
                     (A)  an offense under Section 21.02 (Continuous
  sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11(a)(1) (Indecency
  with a child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), or 22.021 (Aggravated
  sexual assault), Penal Code;
                     (B)  an offense under Section 43.25 (Sexual
  performance by a child), Penal Code;
                     (C)  an offense under Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4)] (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code [, if the
  defendant committed the offense with intent to violate or abuse the
  victim sexually];
                     (D)  an offense under Section 30.02 (Burglary),
  Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of
  that section and the defendant committed the offense with intent to
  commit a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (C) of Subdivision (5);
  or
                     (E)  an offense under the laws of another state,
  federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
  Military Justice if the offense contains elements that are
  substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed under
  Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
         SECTION 8.  Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a defendant who is:
               (1)  indicted or waives indictment for a felony
  prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code
  sections:
                     (A)  Section 20.04(a)(4) or (7);
                     (B)  Section 21.11;
                     (C)  Section 22.011;
                     (D)  Section 22.021;
                     (E)  Section 25.02;
                     (F)  Section 30.02(d);
                     (G)  Section 43.05;
                     (H)  Section 43.25;
                     (I)  Section 43.26;
                     (J)  Section 21.02; or
                     (K)  Section 20A.03;
               (2)  arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1)
  after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred
  adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an
  offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or
               (3)  convicted of an offense:
                     (A)  under Title 5, Penal Code, other than an
  offense described by Subdivision (1), that is punishable as a Class
  A misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, except for an
  offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section 20.02,
  22.01, or 22.05, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.03, or 43.24,
  Penal Code.
         SECTION 9.  Section 508.187(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a releasee serving a
  sentence for an offense under:
               (1)  Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code;
               (2)  Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02,
  Penal Code;
               (3)  Section 20.04(a)(7) [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [,
  if the releasee committed the offense with the intent to violate or
  abuse the victim sexually];
               (4)  Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section, if the releasee committed the
  offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (2)
  or (3);
               (5)  Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
               (6)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if the defendant:
                     (A)  trafficked the victim with the intent or
  knowledge that the victim would engage in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  benefited from participating in a venture
  that involved a trafficked victim engaging in sexual conduct, as
  defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code.
         SECTION 10.  Section 841.002(8), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "Sexually violent offense" means:
                     (A)  an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11(a)(1),
  22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code;
                     (B)  an offense under Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4)], Penal Code [, if the person 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 person committed the offense with the intent to commit an
  offense listed in Paragraph (A) or (B);
                     (D)  an offense under Section 19.02 or 19.03,
  Penal Code, that, during the guilt or innocence phase or the
  punishment phase for the offense, during the adjudication or
  disposition of delinquent conduct constituting the offense, or
  subsequently during a civil commitment proceeding under Subchapter
  D, is determined beyond a reasonable doubt to have been based on
  sexually motivated conduct;
                     (E)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
  defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense listed in
  Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D);
                     (F)  an offense under prior state law that
  contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an
  offense listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); or
                     (G)  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), (D), or (E).
         SECTION 11.  Section 12.42(c)(2), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (2)  Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), a defendant
  shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice for life if:
                     (A)  the defendant is convicted of an offense:
                           (i)  under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
  21.11(a)(1), 22.021, or 22.011 [, Penal Code];
                           (ii)  under Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
  with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually]; or
                           (iii)  under Section 30.02, [Penal Code,]
  punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
  committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
  by Subparagraph (i) or (ii) or a felony under Section 21.11 [, Penal
  Code]; and
                     (B)  the defendant has been previously convicted
  of an offense:
                           (i)  under Section 43.25 or 43.26 [, Penal
  Code], or [an offense] under Section 43.23 if[, Penal Code,]
  punishable under Subsection (h) of that section;
                           (ii)  under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8),
  21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02 [, Penal Code];
                           (iii)  under Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
  with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually];
                           (iv)  under Section 30.02, [Penal Code,]
  punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant
  committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described
  by Subparagraph (ii) or (iii); or
                           (v)  under the laws of another state
  containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
  of an offense listed in Subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv).
         SECTION 12.  Section 21.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  For purposes of this section, "act of sexual abuse"
  means any act that is a violation of one or more of the following
  penal laws:
               (1)  aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04(a)(7)
  [20.04(a)(4), if the actor committed the offense with the intent to
  violate or abuse the victim sexually];
               (2)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11(a)(1),
  if the actor committed the offense in a manner other than by
  touching, including touching through clothing, the breast of a
  child;
               (3)  sexual assault under Section 22.011;
               (4)  aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021;
               (5)  burglary under Section 30.02, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the actor
  committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense listed in
  Subdivisions (1)-(4);
               (6)  sexual performance by a child under Section 43.25;
               (7)  trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7)
  or (8); and
               (8)  compelling prostitution under Section
  43.05(a)(2).
         SECTION 13.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 14.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.