Bill Text: TX SB693 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain information involving family violence offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB693-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain information involving family violence offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB693-Comm_Sub.html
By: West | S.B. No. 693 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2019; March 1, 2019, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; | ||
April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, | ||
Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the reporting of certain information involving family | ||
violence offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 66.102(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) Information in the computerized criminal history system | ||
relating to sentencing must include for each sentence: | ||
(1) the sentencing date; | ||
(2) the sentence for each offense, by offense code and | ||
incident number; | ||
(3) if the offender was sentenced to confinement: | ||
(A) the agency that receives custody of the | ||
offender; | ||
(B) the length of the sentence for each offense; | ||
and | ||
(C) if multiple sentences were ordered, whether | ||
the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or | ||
concurrently; | ||
(4) if the offender was sentenced to pay a fine, the | ||
amount of the fine; | ||
(5) if a sentence to pay a fine or to confinement was | ||
ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | ||
imposed: | ||
(A) the length of the sentence or the amount of | ||
the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | ||
imposed; and | ||
(B) the offender's name, offense code, and | ||
incident number; [ |
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(6) if a sentence other than a fine or confinement was | ||
ordered, a description of the sentence ordered; and | ||
(7) whether the judgment imposing the sentence | ||
reflects an affirmative finding entered under Article 42.013 | ||
(Finding of Family Violence). | ||
SECTION 2. Article 66.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The arresting law enforcement agency shall prepare a | ||
uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article 66.251 and | ||
initiate the reporting process for each offender charged with: | ||
(1) a felony; | ||
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may be imposed; or | ||
(3) a misdemeanor punishable by fine only that | ||
involves family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code | ||
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(g) On disposition of a case in which an offender is charged | ||
with a misdemeanor described by Subsection (b)(3), the clerk of the | ||
court exercising jurisdiction over the case shall report the | ||
applicable information regarding the person's citation or arrest | ||
and the disposition of the case to the Department of Public Safety | ||
using a uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article | ||
66.251 or an electronic methodology approved by the Department of | ||
Public Safety. | ||
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 | ||
covered 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, 2019. | ||
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