86R8343 JSC-F
 
  By: Rose, Meyer, Ramos, Anchia H.B. No. 1528
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain information involving family
  violence offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 66.102(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  Information in the computerized criminal history system
  relating to sentencing must include for each sentence:
               (1)  the sentencing date;
               (2)  the sentence for each offense, by offense code and
  incident number;
               (3)  if the offender was sentenced to confinement:
                     (A)  the agency that receives custody of the
  offender;
                     (B)  the length of the sentence for each offense;
  and
                     (C)  if multiple sentences were ordered, whether
  the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or
  concurrently;
               (4)  if the offender was sentenced to pay a fine, the
  amount of the fine;
               (5)  if a sentence to pay a fine or to confinement was
  ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not
  imposed:
                     (A)  the length of the sentence or the amount of
  the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not
  imposed; and
                     (B)  the offender's name, offense code, and
  incident number; [and]
               (6)  if a sentence other than a fine or confinement was
  ordered, a description of the sentence ordered; and
               (7)  whether the judgment imposing the sentence
  reflects an affirmative finding entered under Article 42.013
  (Finding of Family Violence).
         SECTION 2.  Article 66.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The arresting law enforcement agency shall prepare a
  uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article 66.251 and
  initiate the reporting process for each offender charged with:
               (1)  a felony;
               (2)  [or] a misdemeanor for which a term of confinement
  may be imposed; or
               (3)  a misdemeanor punishable by fine only that
  involves family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code 
  [other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only].
         (g)  On disposition of a case in which an offender is charged
  with a misdemeanor described by Subsection (b)(3), the clerk of the
  court exercising jurisdiction over the case shall report the
  applicable information regarding the person's citation or arrest
  and the disposition of the case to the Department of Public Safety
  using a uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article
  66.251 or an electronic methodology approved by the Department of
  Public Safety.
         SECTION 3.  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
  covered 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.