By: Goldman H.B. No. 3106
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into
  the Texas Data Exchange 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 Section 420.035 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:
               (1)  the suspect's name and date of birth;
               (2)  the sex offense being investigated; and
               (3)  the concurrent physical offenses being
  investigated; and
               (4)  the law enforcement agency investigating the
  offense.
         (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.
         SECTION 3.  Section 420.035, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies 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.