By: Goldman, Krause, Tinderholt, Howard, H.B. No. 3106
      Neave, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into
  certain databases information related to investigations of sexual
  assault or other sex offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Molly Jane's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 420.035 and 420.036 to read as follows:
         Sec. 420.035.  DUTY TO ENTER INVESTIGATION INFORMATION INTO
  INTELLIGENCE DATABASE. (a) In this section, "database" means the
  Texas Data Exchange or a successor comprehensive intelligence
  database.
         (b)  A law enforcement agency that identifies a person as a
  suspect in the investigation of a sexual assault or other sex
  offense, regardless of how the person is identified, shall enter
  into the database information regarding the agency's investigation
  of that person. The information entered must include information:
               (1)  specifying:
                     (A)  the suspect's name and date of birth;
                     (B)  the sex offense being investigated; and
                     (C)  the law enforcement agency investigating the
  offense; and
               (2)  describing the manner in which the offense was
  committed, including the manner in which the suspect physically
  injured each victim, if applicable.
         (c)  A law enforcement agency described by Subsection (b)
  shall remove the information from the database on the earliest of
  the following dates:
               (1)  the date the agency no longer considers the person
  a suspect in the relevant investigation;
               (2)  the date the person is charged with the offense
  being investigated or a similar offense; or
               (3)  the fifth anniversary of the date the information
  was entered into the database.
         (d)  The department may, as necessary, remove from the
  database any information entered under this section.
         (e)  Information entered into the database under this
  section is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter 552 in
  the manner provided by Section 552.108.
         Sec. 420.036.  DUTY TO ENTER CERTAIN INFORMATION INTO
  VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM DATABASE. (a) In this
  section, "database" means the national database of the Violent
  Criminal Apprehension Program established and maintained by the
  Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a successor database. 
         (b)  Each law enforcement agency in this state shall request
  access from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter
  information into the database.
         (c)  A law enforcement agency that investigates a sexual
  assault or other sex offense shall enter into the database the
  following information regarding the investigation of the sexual
  assault or other sex offense, as available: 
               (1)  the suspect's name and date of birth; 
               (2)  the specific offense being investigated;
               (3)  a description of the manner in which the offense
  was committed, including any pattern of conduct occurring during
  the course of multiple offenses suspected to have been committed by
  the suspect; and
               (4)  any other information required by the Federal
  Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the database.
         (d)  Information entered into the database under this
  section is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter 552 in
  the manner provided by Section 552.108.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 420.035 and 420.036, Government Code,
  as added by this Act, apply only to a pending investigation of a
  sexual assault or other sex offense, regardless of whether the
  investigation was commenced before, on, or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.