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  By: Flores H.B. No. 3005
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of
  victims of certain offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 58, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF
  VICTIMS OF STALKING, INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING, OR INDECENT ASSAULT
         SECTION 2.  Article 58.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 58.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "victim"
  means a person who is the subject of:
               (1)  an offense that allegedly constitutes:
                     (A)  stalking under Section 42.072, Penal Code;
                     (B)  invasive visual recording under Section
  21.15, Penal Code; or
                     (C)  indecent assault under Section 22.012, Penal
  Code; or
               (2)  an offense that is part of the same criminal
  episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense
  described by Subdivision (1) [under Section 42.072, Penal Code].
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.