Bill Text: TX SB1920 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required reporting of human trafficking cases by peace officers and prosecutors.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1920 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1920-Introduced.html
| 86R6932 JCG-D | ||
| By: Alvarado | S.B. No. 1920 | |
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| relating to required reporting of human trafficking cases by peace | ||
| officers and prosecutors. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.305 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.305. REPORT REQUIRED CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING | ||
| CASES. (a) This article applies only to a municipal police | ||
| department, sheriff's department, constable's office, county | ||
| attorney's office, district attorney's office, and criminal | ||
| district attorney's office, as applicable, in a county with a | ||
| population of more than 50,000. | ||
| (b) A peace officer who investigates the alleged commission | ||
| of an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, shall prepare and | ||
| submit to a university designated by the attorney general a written | ||
| report that includes the following information: | ||
| (1) the offense being investigated, including a brief | ||
| description of the alleged prohibited conduct; | ||
| (2) regarding each person suspected of the offense and | ||
| each victim of the offense, the person's: | ||
| (A) name; | ||
| (B) age; | ||
| (C) gender; and | ||
| (D) race or ethnicity, as defined by Article | ||
| 2.132; | ||
| (3) the date, time, and location of the alleged | ||
| offense; | ||
| (4) the type of human trafficking involved, including: | ||
| (A) forced labor or services, as defined by | ||
| Section 20A.01, Penal Code; | ||
| (B) causing the victim by force, fraud, or | ||
| coercion to engage in prohibited conduct involving one or more | ||
| sexual activities, including conduct described by Section | ||
| 20A.02(a)(3), Penal Code; or | ||
| (C) causing a child victim by any means to engage | ||
| in, or become the victim of, prohibited conduct involving one or | ||
| more sexual activities, including conduct described by Section | ||
| 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code; and | ||
| (5) the disposition of the investigation, regardless | ||
| of the manner of disposition. | ||
| (c) An attorney representing the state who prosecutes the | ||
| alleged commission of an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, | ||
| shall prepare and submit to a university designated by the attorney | ||
| general a written report that includes the following information: | ||
| (1) the offense being prosecuted, including a brief | ||
| description of the alleged prohibited conduct; | ||
| (2) the information described by Subsections (b)(2), | ||
| (3), and (4); and | ||
| (3) the disposition of the prosecution, regardless of | ||
| the manner of disposition. | ||
| (d) The attorney general may prescribe: | ||
| (1) the form and manner of submission of a report | ||
| required by Subsection (b) or (c); and | ||
| (2) additional information to include in a report | ||
| required by Subsection (b) or (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
