BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 1021
�	By: Huffman
	Criminal Justice
	6/4/2025
	Enrolled

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

S.B. 1021 addresses victim safety concerns related to stalking by amending the Code of Criminal Procedure to make stalking offenses ineligible for community supervision. It also authorizes the Department of State Health Services to suspend, revoke, or deny emergency medical services certifications or licenses if personnel, providers, or their affiliates have stalking-related convictions or deferred adjudications.

S.B. 1021 amends current law relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, as follows:

(a) Provides that Article 42A.053 (Judge-Ordered Community Supervision) does not apply to a defendant adjudged guilty of an offense under certain provisions, including Section 42.072 (Stalking), Penal Code. Makes nonsubstantive changes.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 773.0614(c), Health and Safety Code, to make a conforming change.

SECTION 3. Amends Section 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code, as effective April 1, 2025, to make a conforming change.

SECTION 4.� Amends Section 38.111(a), Penal Code, as follows:

(a) Provides that a person commits an offense if the person, while confined in a correctional facility after being charged with or convicted of an offense under Section 42.072 or listed in Article 62.001(5) (relating to defining "reportable conviction or adjudication"), Code of Criminal Procedure, contacts by letter, telephone, or any other means, either directly or through a third party, a victim of the offense or a member of the victim's family, if the director of the correctional facility has not taken certain actions before the person makes contact with the victim.

SECTION 5. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 6. Effective date: September 1, 2025.