Bill Text: TX SB1920 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required reporting of human trafficking cases by peace officers and prosecutors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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. |