Bill Text: TX HB3106 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into a certain database information related to investigations of sexual assault or other sex offenses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-12)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3106-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3106 | ||
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| relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into | ||
| a certain database information related to investigations of sexual | ||
| assault or other sex offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as Molly Jane's Law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 420.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 420.035. DUTY TO ENTER CERTAIN INFORMATION INTO | ||
| VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM DATABASE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "database" means the national database of the Violent | ||
| Criminal Apprehension Program established and maintained by the | ||
| Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a successor database. | ||
| (b) Each law enforcement agency in this state shall request | ||
| access from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter | ||
| information into the database. | ||
| (c) A law enforcement agency that investigates a sexual | ||
| assault or other sex offense shall enter into the database the | ||
| following information regarding the investigation of the sexual | ||
| assault or other sex offense, as available: | ||
| (1) the suspect's name and date of birth; | ||
| (2) the specific offense being investigated; | ||
| (3) a description of the manner in which the offense | ||
| was committed, including any pattern of conduct occurring during | ||
| the course of multiple offenses suspected to have been committed by | ||
| the suspect; and | ||
| (4) any other information required by the Federal | ||
| Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the database. | ||
| (d) Information entered into the database under this | ||
| section is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter 552 in | ||
| the manner provided by Section 552.108. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 420.035, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a pending investigation of a sexual | ||
| assault or other sex offense, regardless of whether the | ||
| investigation was commenced before, on, or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3106 on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
