Bill Text: TX HB23 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on the use of commercial social networking sites by sex offenders; imposing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Left pending in committee [HB23 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB23-Introduced.html

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83R569 AJZ-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 23

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on the use of commercial social networking
sites by sex offenders; imposing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 62.0552 to read as follows:
Art. 62.0552. USE OF COMMERCIAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES BY
CERTAIN OFFENDERS. (a) In this article, "commercial social
networking site" has the meaning assigned by Article 62.0061(f).
(b) A person required to register under this chapter who
uses a commercial social networking site and is not otherwise
prohibited from accessing the site under Section 13G, Article
42.12, shall include the following information in the person's
profile for the site and shall ensure the information is viewable by
all visitors of the site:
(1) an indication that the person is a sex offender;
(2) the type of offense for which the person is subject
to registration under this chapter and the city and county in which
the person was convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for
that offense;
(3) the person's full name, date of birth, sex, race,
height, weight, eye color, and hair color; and
(4) the address at which the person resides or intends
to reside or, if the person does not reside or intend to reside at a
physical address, a detailed description of each geographical
location at which the person resides or intends to reside.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending
Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to any person who,
on or after the effective date of this Act, is subject to
registration under that chapter, regardless of whether the offense
for which the person is subject to registration was committed
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.