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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of sex offender registration |
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requirements to certain felonies based on the offense initially |
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charged in the case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a |
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conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of |
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delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of |
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the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication |
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for or based on: |
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(A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous |
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sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual), 21.09 |
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(Bestiality), 21.11 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual |
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assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited |
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sexual conduct), Penal Code; |
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(B) a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated |
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promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25 |
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(Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion |
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of child pornography), Penal Code; |
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(B-1) a violation of Section 43.021 |
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(Solicitation of Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable as a felony of the second degree; |
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(C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4) |
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(Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the |
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offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse |
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the victim sexually; |
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(D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary), |
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Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under |
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Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense |
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or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in |
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Paragraph (A) or (C); |
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(E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful |
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restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping), |
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Penal Code, if, as applicable: |
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(i) the judgment in the case contains an |
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affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or |
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(ii) the order in the hearing or the papers |
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in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or |
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intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; |
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(F) the second violation of Section 21.08 |
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(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation |
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results in a deferred adjudication; |
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(G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as |
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defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in |
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conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L); |
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(H) a violation of the laws of another state, |
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federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of |
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Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E), |
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(G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a |
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deferred adjudication; |
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(I) the second violation of the laws of another |
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state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform |
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Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation |
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results in a deferred adjudication; |
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(J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online |
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solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; |
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(K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), |
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(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; [or] |
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(L) a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous |
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trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly |
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or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section |
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20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code; or |
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(M) a violation of any other offense punishable |
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as a felony, if a conviction or adjudication for the conduct |
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described in the initial filed charge in the case would have caused |
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the person to become subject to the registration requirements of |
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this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Article 62.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, |
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the duty to register for a person with a reportable conviction or |
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adjudication described by Article 62.001(5)(M) ends on the date |
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that a duty to register based on a conviction or adjudication |
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occurring with respect to the initial filed charge in the case would |
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have ended. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |