Bill Text: TX SB2921 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of indecent assault.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2921 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB2921-Introduced.html

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89R3291 MCF-D
By: Parker S.B. No. 2921

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of sex offender registration
requirements to the offense of indecent assault.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
for or based on:
(A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual), 21.09
(Bestiality), 21.11 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual
assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited
sexual conduct), Penal Code;
(B) a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated
promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25
(Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion
of child pornography), Penal Code;
(B-1) a violation of Section 43.021
(Solicitation of Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable as a felony of the second degree;
(C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
(Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
the victim sexually;
(D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
Paragraph (A) or (C);
(E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
Penal Code, if, as applicable:
(i) the judgment in the case contains an
affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
(ii) the order in the hearing or the papers
in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
(F) the second violation of Section 21.08
(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(F-1) the second violation of Section 22.012
(Indecent assault), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L);
(H) a violation of the laws of another state,
federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
(G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a
deferred adjudication;
(I) the second violation of the laws of another
state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(I-1) the second violation of the laws of another
state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of the offense of indecent assault, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
solicitation of a minor), Penal Code;
(K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or
(L) a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous
trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly
or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code.
SECTION 2. Article 62.053(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(d) If a person who has a reportable conviction described by
Article 62.001(5)(H), [or] (I), or (I-1) is placed under the
supervision of the parole division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice or a community supervision and corrections
department under Section 510.017, Government Code, the division or
community supervision and corrections department shall conduct the
prerelease notification and registration requirements specified in
this article on the date the person is placed under the supervision
of the division or community supervision and corrections
department. If a person who has a reportable adjudication of
delinquent conduct described by Article 62.001(5)(H), [or] (I), or
(I-1) is[, as permitted by Section 60.002, Family Code,] placed
under the supervision of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
[Youth Commission], a public or private vendor operating under
contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
Commission], a local juvenile probation department, or a juvenile
secure pre-adjudication or post-adjudication facility, the
department [commission], vendor, probation department, or facility
shall conduct the prerelease notification and registration
requirements specified in this article on the date the person is
placed under the supervision of the department [commission],
vendor, probation department, or facility.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.