By: Weber, Gallego, Creighton,	H.B. No. 1122
	Martinez Fischer, Thompson, et al.

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the trafficking of persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 20A.01, Penal Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 20A.01.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(a) [(1)]  "Forced labor or services" means labor or
	services, excluding those defined in Subsection (c) and Subsection
	(d), [including conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
	43.02,] that are performed or provided by another person and
	obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion [:
	[(A)     causing or threatening to cause bodily
	injury to the person or another person or otherwise causing the
	person performing or providing labor or services to believe that
	the person or another person will suffer bodily injury;
	[(B)     restraining or threatening to restrain the
	person or another person in a manner described by Section 20.01(1)
	or causing the person performing or providing labor or services to
	believe that the person or another person will be restrained;
	[(C)     knowingly destroying, concealing, removing,
	confiscating, or withholding from the person or another person, or
	threatening to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or withhold
	from the person or another person, the person's actual or
	purported:
	[(i)  government records;
	[(ii)  identifying information; or
	[(iii)  personal property;
	[(D)     threatening the person with abuse of the law
	or the legal process in relation to the person or another person;
	[(E)     threatening to report the person or another
	person to immigration officials or other law enforcement officials
	or otherwise blackmailing or extorting the person or another
	person;
	[(F)     exerting financial control over the person
	or another person by placing the person or another person under the
	actor's control as security for a debt to the extent that:
	[(i)     the value of the services provided by
	the person or another person as reasonably assessed is not applied
	toward the liquidation of the debt;
	[(ii)     the duration of the services provided
	by the person or another person is not limited and the nature of the
	services provided by the person or another person is not defined; or
	[(iii)     the principal amount of the debt
	does not reasonably reflect the value of the items or services for
	which the debt was incurred; or
	[(G)     using any scheme, plan, or pattern intended
	to cause the person to believe that the person or another person
	will be subjected to serious harm or restraint if the person does
	not perform or provide the labor or services].
	(b) [(2)]  "Traffic" means to transport, entice, recruit,
	harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any means.
	(c)  "Sexual services" means conduct that is obtained
	through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion and which
	constitutes an offense under the following sections of the Penal
	Code:
	(1)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);
	(2)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);
	(3)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of
	Prostitution); or
	(4)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution).
	(d)  "Sexual services of a child" means conduct that
	constitutes an offense under the following sections of the Penal
	Code regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at
	the time the actor commits the offense and regardless of whether the
	actor uses force, fraud, or coercion in the commission of the
	offense:
	(1)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young
	Child or Children);
	(2)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
	(3)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
	(4)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
	(5)  Section 43.02 (Prostitution);
	(6)  Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution);
	(7)  Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of
	Prostitution);
	(8)  Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution);
	(9)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child);
	(10)  Section 43.251 (Employment Harmful to Children);
	or
	(11)  Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of Child
	Pornography)
	.
	(e)  "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of age.
	SECTION 2.  Section 20A.02, Penal Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 20A.02.  TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS. (a) A person commits
	an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  traffics another person with the intent or
	knowledge that the trafficked person [will] engage in forced labor
	or services; or
	(2)  benefits from participating in a venture that
	involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by
	receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or
	services.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  traffics another person with the intent that the
	trafficked person engage in sexual services; or
	(2)  benefits from participating in a venture that
	involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by
	receiving services the person knows are sexual services.
	(c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  traffics a child with the intent that the
	trafficked child engage in forced labor or services; or
	(2)  benefits from participating in a venture that
	involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by
	receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or
	services.
	(d)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  traffics a child with the intent that the
	trafficked child engage in sexual services; or
	(2)  benefits from participating in a venture that
	involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by
	receiving services the person knows are sexual services of a child.
	(e) [(b)]  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection,
	an offense under this section is a felony of the second degree. An
	offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if:
	(1)  the applicable conduct constitutes an offense
	under Subsection (c) or Subsection (d) [Section 43.05 or 43.25 and
	the person who is trafficked is a child younger than 18 years of age
	at the time of the offense, regardless of whether the actor knows
	the age of the child at the time the actor commits the offense]; or
	(2)  the commission of the offense results in the death
	of the person who is trafficked.
	(f) [(c)]  If conduct constituting an offense under this
	section also constitutes an offense under another section of this
	code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both
	sections.
	SECTION 3.  Section 33.013(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), each liable defendant
	is, in addition to his liability under Subsection (a), jointly and
	severally liable for the damages recoverable by the claimant under
	Section 33.012 with respect to a cause of action if:
	(1)  the percentage of responsibility attributed to the
	defendant with respect to a cause of action is greater than 50
	percent; or
	(2)  the defendant, with the specific intent to do harm
	to others, acted in concert with another person to engage in the
	conduct described in the following provisions of the Penal Code and
	in so doing proximately caused the damages legally recoverable by
	the claimant:
	(A)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(B)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(C)  Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping);
	(D)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(E)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(F)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);
	(G)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly
	individual, or disabled individual);
	(H)  Section 32.21 (forgery);
	(I)  Section 32.43 (commercial bribery);
	(J)  Section 32.45 (misapplication of fiduciary
	property or property of financial institution);
	(K)  Section 32.46 (securing execution of
	document by deception);
	(L)  Section 32.47 (fraudulent destruction,
	removal, or concealment of writing);
	(M)  conduct described in Chapter 31 the
	punishment level for which is a felony of the third degree or
	higher; [or]
	(N)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of
	young child or children);
	(O)  Section 43.05 (compelling prostitution); or
	(P)  Section 20A.02 (trafficking of persons).
	SECTION 4.  Section 98.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A defendant who engages in the trafficking of persons,
	[or] who intentionally or knowingly receives a benefit [benefits]
	from participating in a venture that traffics another person, or
	who is criminally responsible under Section 7.02, Penal Code, for
	the conduct of another person who engages in the conduct described
	by this section is liable to the person trafficked, as provided by
	this chapter, for damages arising from the trafficking of that
	person by, as applicable, the defendant, the [or] venture, or the
	other person for whose conduct the defendant is criminally
	responsible.
	SECTION 5.  Section 98.005, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 98.005.  JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.  A person who
	engages in the trafficking of persons, [or] who intentionally or
	knowingly receives a benefit [benefits] from participating in a
	venture that traffics another person, or who is criminally
	responsible under Section 7.02, Penal Code, for the conduct of
	another person who engages in the conduct described by this section
	and who is found liable under this chapter or other law for any
	amount of damages arising from the trafficking is jointly liable
	with any other defendant for the entire amount of damages arising
	from the trafficking.
	SECTION 6.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 12.01.  FELONIES. Except as provided in Article 12.03,
	felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
	afterward:
	(1)  no limitation:
	(A)  murder and manslaughter;
	(B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),
	Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section
	22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
	(C)  sexual assault, if during the investigation
	of the offense biological matter is collected and subjected to
	forensic DNA testing and the testing results show that the matter
	does not match the victim or any other person whose identity is
	readily ascertained;
	(D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
	children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
	(E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
	Penal Code; [or]
	(F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an
	accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the
	accident resulted in the death of a person;
	(G)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2); or
	(H)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(d), Penal Code;
	(2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,
	by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
	defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
	beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
	(B)  theft by a public servant of government
	property over which he exercises control in his official capacity;
	(C)  forgery or the uttering, using or passing of
	forged instruments;
	(D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,
	Penal Code;
	(E)  sexual assault, except as provided by
	Subdivision (1); [or]
	(F)  arson;
	(G)  trafficking of persons under Sections
	20A.02(a) and (b), Penal Code; or
	(H)  compelling prostitution, Section
	43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;
	(3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or
	property of a financial institution;
	(B)  securing execution of document by deception;
	(C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax
	Code;
	(D)  false statement to obtain property or credit
	under Section 32.32, Penal Code;
	(E)  money laundering;
	(F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section
	32.31, Penal Code; or
	(G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying
	information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;
	(4)  five years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft or robbery;
	(B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),
	kidnapping or burglary;
	(C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
	22.04, Penal Code;
	(D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or
	(E)  insurance fraud;
	(5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the
	victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is
	committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of
	the following offenses:
	(A)  sexual performance by a child under Section
	43.25, Penal Code;
	(B)  aggravated kidnapping under Section
	20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; or
	(C)  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if
	the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and
	the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an
	offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or
	Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;
	(6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of
	the offense:
	(A)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal
	Code;
	(B)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
	(C)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(c), Penal Code; or
	(7)  three years from the date of the commission of the
	offense: all other felonies.
	SECTION 7.  Article 17.03(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Only the court before whom the case is pending may
	release on personal bond a defendant who:
	(1)  is charged with an offense under the following
	sections of the Penal Code:
	(A)  Section 19.03 (Capital Murder);
	(B)  Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping);
	(C)  Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
	(D)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling
	Prostitution) [22.03 (Deadly Assault on Law Enforcement or
	Corrections Officer, Member or Employee of Board of Pardons and
	Paroles, or Court Participant)];
	(E)  Section 22.04 (Injury to a Child, Elderly
	Individual, or Disabled Individual);
	(F)  Section 29.03 (Aggravated Robbery);
	(G)  Section 30.02 (Burglary);
	(H)  Section 71.02 (Engaging in Organized
	Criminal Activity); [or]
	(I)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of
	Young Child or Children); or
	(J)  Section 20A.02(d) (Trafficking of Persons);
	(2)  is charged with a felony under Chapter 481, Health
	and Safety Code, or Section 485.033, Health and Safety Code,
	punishable by imprisonment for a minimum term or by a maximum fine
	that is more than a minimum term or maximum fine for a first degree
	felony; or
	(3)  does not submit to testing for the presence of a
	controlled substance in the defendant's body as requested by the
	court or magistrate under Subsection (c) of this article or submits
	to testing and the test shows evidence of the presence of a
	controlled substance in the defendant's body.
	SECTION 8.  Article 18.021(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A search warrant may be issued to search for and
	photograph a child who is alleged to be the victim of any of the
	following offenses under the Penal Code:
	(1)  [of] injury to a child as prohibited by Section
	22.04;
	(2)  [, Penal Code;] sexual assault of a child as
	prohibited by Section 22.011(a);
	(3)  [, Penal Code;] aggravated sexual assault of a
	child as prohibited by Section 22.021;
	(4)  [, Penal Code; or] continuous sexual abuse of
	young child or children as prohibited by Section 21.02;
	(5)  compelling prostitution as prohibited by Section
	43.05(a)(2); or
	(6)  trafficking of persons as prohibited by Section
	20A.02(d), Penal Code.
	SECTION 9.  Section 33.009, Family Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	Sec. 33.009.  OTHER REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR. (a)
	This section applies only to conduct that violates one or more of
	the following sections of the Penal Code:
	(1)  Section 20A.02(d), Penal Code;
	(2)  Section 21.02;
	(3)  Section 22.011;
	(4)  Section 22.021; or
	(5)  Section 25.02.
	(b)  If a [A] court or the guardian ad litem or attorney ad
	litem for the minor [shall report conduct] reasonably believes
	[believed to violate Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal
	Code], based on information obtained during a confidential court
	proceeding held under this chapter, that a person has engaged in
	conduct described by Subsection (a), the court or the guardian ad
	litem or attorney ad litem shall report the conduct to:
	(1)  any local or state law enforcement agency;
	(2)  the Department of Family and Protective Services,
	if the alleged conduct involves a person responsible for the care,
	custody, or welfare of the child;
	(3)  the state agency that operates, licenses,
	certifies, or registers the facility in which the alleged conduct
	occurred, if the alleged conduct occurred in a facility operated,
	licensed, certified, or registered by a state agency; or
	(4)  an appropriate agency designated by the court.
	SECTION 10.  Section 33.010, Family Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	Sec. 33.010.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Notwithstanding any other
	law, information obtained by the Department of Family and
	Protective Services or another entity under Section 33.008 or
	33.009 is confidential except to the extent necessary to prove a
	violation of Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code,
	or a violation of Section 20A.02(d), Penal Code.
	SECTION 11.  Section 161.001, Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 161.001.  INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD
	RELATIONSHIP. The court may order termination of the parent-child
	relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence:
	(1)  that the parent has:
	(A)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another not the parent and expressed an intent not to
	return;
	(B)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent
	to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child,
	and remained away for a period of at least three months;
	(C)  voluntarily left the child alone or in the
	possession of another without providing adequate support of the
	child and remained away for a period of at least six months;
	(D)  knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the
	child to remain in conditions or surroundings which endanger the
	physical or emotional well-being of the child;
	(E)  engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the
	child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the
	physical or emotional well-being of the child;
	(F)  failed to support the child in accordance
	with the parent's ability during a period of one year ending within
	six months of the date of the filing of the petition;
	(G)  abandoned the child without identifying the
	child or furnishing means of identification, and the child's
	identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable
	diligence;
	(H)  voluntarily, and with knowledge of the
	pregnancy, abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time
	during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the
	birth, failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the
	mother during the period of abandonment before the birth of the
	child, and remained apart from the child or failed to support the
	child since the birth;
	(I)  contumaciously refused to submit to a
	reasonable and lawful order of a court under Subchapter D, Chapter
	261;
	(J)  been the major cause of:
	(i)  the failure of the child to be enrolled
	in school as required by the Education Code; or
	(ii)  the child's absence from the child's
	home without the consent of the parents or guardian for a
	substantial length of time or without the intent to return;
	(K)  executed before or after the suit is filed an
	unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental
	rights as provided by this chapter;
	(L)  been convicted or has been placed on
	community supervision, including deferred adjudication community
	supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or
	serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal
	Code or adjudicated under Title 3 for conduct that caused the death
	or serious injury of a child and that would constitute a violation
	of one of the following Penal Code sections:
	(i)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(ii)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(iii)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
	(iv)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a
	child);
	(v)  Section 22.01 (assault);
	(vi)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(vii)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(viii)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual
	assault);
	(ix)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child,
	elderly individual, or disabled individual);
	(x)  Section 22.041 (abandoning or
	endangering child);
	(xi)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual
	conduct);
	(xii)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by
	a child);
	(xiii)  Section 43.26 (possession or
	promotion of child pornography); [and]
	(xiv)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual
	abuse of young child or children);
	(xv)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling
	prostitution);
	(xvi)  Section 43.02 (prostitution); and
	(xvii)  Section 20A.02(d) (trafficking of
	persons);
	(M)  had his or her parent-child relationship
	terminated with respect to another child based on a finding that the
	parent's conduct was in violation of Paragraph (D) or (E) or
	substantially equivalent provisions of the law of another state;
	(N)  constructively abandoned the child who has
	been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the
	Department of Family and Protective Services or an authorized
	agency for not less than six months, and:
	(i)  the department or authorized agency has
	made reasonable efforts to return the child to the parent;
	(ii)  the parent has not regularly visited
	or maintained significant contact with the child; and
	(iii)  the parent has demonstrated an
	inability to provide the child with a safe environment;
	(O)  failed to comply with the provisions of a
	court order that specifically established the actions necessary for
	the parent to obtain the return of the child who has been in the
	permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department
	of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months as a
	result of the child's removal from the parent under Chapter 262 for
	the abuse or neglect of the child;
	(P)  used a controlled substance, as defined by
	Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the
	health or safety of the child, and:
	(i)  failed to complete a court-ordered
	substance abuse treatment program; or
	(ii)  after completion of a court-ordered
	substance abuse treatment program, continued to abuse a controlled
	substance;
	(Q)  knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that
	has resulted in the parent's:
	(i)  conviction of an offense; and
	(ii)  confinement or imprisonment and
	inability to care for the child for not less than two years from the
	date of filing the petition;
	(R)  been the cause of the child being born
	addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance, other than a
	controlled substance legally obtained by prescription, as defined
	by Section 261.001;
	(S)  voluntarily delivered the child to a
	designated emergency infant care provider under Section 262.302
	without expressing an intent to return for the child; or
	(T)  been convicted of:
	(i)  the murder of the other parent of the
	child under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code, or under a law of
	another state, federal law, the law of a foreign country, or the
	Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are
	substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section
	19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code;
	(ii)  criminal attempt under Section 15.01,
	Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the law of
	a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that
	contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of
	an offense under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit the offense
	described by Subparagraph (i); or
	(iii)  criminal solicitation under Section
	15.03, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the
	law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice
	that contains elements that are substantially similar to the
	elements of an offense under Section 15.03, Penal Code, of the
	offense described by Subparagraph (i); and
	(2)  that termination is in the best interest of the
	child.
	SECTION 12.  Section 262.2015(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  The court may find under Subsection (a) that a parent
	has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances if:
	(1)  the parent abandoned the child without
	identification or a means for identifying the child;
	(2)  the child is a victim of serious bodily injury or
	sexual abuse inflicted by the parent or by another person with the
	parent's consent;
	(3)  the parent has engaged in conduct against the
	child that would constitute an offense under the following
	provisions of the Penal Code:
	(A)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(B)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(C)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
	(D)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
	(E)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(F)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(G)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);
	(H)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly
	individual, or disabled individual);
	(I)  Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering
	child);
	(J)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct);
	(K)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a
	child);
	(L)  Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of
	child pornography); [or]
	(M)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of
	young child or children);
	(N)  Section 43.02 (prostitution);
	(O)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling
	prostitution); or
	(P)  Section 20A.02(d) (trafficking of persons);
	(4)  the parent voluntarily left the child alone or in
	the possession of another person not the parent of the child for at
	least six months without expressing an intent to return and without
	providing adequate support for the child;
	(5)  the parent's parental rights with regard to
	another child have been involuntarily terminated based on a finding
	that the parent's conduct violated Section 161.001(1)(D) or (E) or
	a substantially equivalent provision of another state's law;
	(6)  the parent has been convicted for:
	(A)  the murder of another child of the parent and
	the offense would have been an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section
	1111(a) if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or
	territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
	(B)  the voluntary manslaughter of another child
	of the parent and the offense would have been an offense under 18
	U.S.C. Section 1112(a) if the offense had occurred in the special
	maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
	(C)  aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring,
	or soliciting an offense under Subdivision (A) or (B); or
	(D)  the felony assault of the child or another
	child of the parent that resulted in serious bodily injury to the
	child or another child of the parent; or
	(7)  the parent's parental rights with regard to two
	other children have been involuntarily terminated.
	SECTION 13.  Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The trial courts of this state shall regularly and
	frequently set hearings and trials of pending matters, giving
	preference to hearings and trials of the following:
	(1)  temporary injunctions;
	(2)  criminal actions, with the following actions given
	preference over other criminal actions:
	(A)  criminal actions against defendants who are
	detained in jail pending trial;
	(B)  criminal actions involving a charge that a
	person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section
	71.004, Family Code;
	(C)  an offense under:
	(i)  Section 21.02 or 21.11, Penal Code;
	(ii)  Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim
	of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age;
	(iii)  Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the
	victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age;
	(iv)  Section 25.06, Penal Code; [or]
	(v)  Section 43.25, Penal Code;
	(vi)  Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
	(vii)  Section 20A.02(d), Penal Code; and
	(D)  an offense described by Article 62.001(6)(C)
	or (D), Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(3)  election contests and suits under the Election
	Code;
	(4)  orders for the protection of the family under
	Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code;
	(5)  appeals of final rulings and decisions of the
	division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of
	Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims and claims under
	the Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act;
	(6)  appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the
	General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code;
	(7)  actions in which the claimant has been diagnosed
	with malignant mesothelioma, other malignant asbestos-related
	cancer, malignant silica-related cancer, or acute silicosis; and
	(8)  appeals brought under Section 42.01 or 42.015, Tax
	Code, of orders of appraisal review boards of appraisal districts
	established for counties with a population of less than 175,000.
	SECTION 14.  Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies to a defendant who is:
	(1)  indicted or waives indictment for a felony
	prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code
	sections:
	(A)  Section 20.04(a)(4);
	(B)  Section 21.11;
	(C)  Section 22.011;
	(D)  Section 22.021;
	(E)  Section 25.02;
	(F)  Section 30.02(d);
	(G)  Section 43.05;
	(H)  Section 43.25;
	(I)  Section 43.26; [or]
	(J)  Section 21.02;
	(K)  Section 43.05(a)(2); or
	(L)  Section 20A.02(d), Penal Code;
	(2)  arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1)
	after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred
	adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an
	offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or
	(3)  convicted of an offense under Section 21.07 or
	21.08, Penal Code.
	SECTION 15.  Section 25.026, Tax Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 25.026.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN [VIOLENCE] SHELTER
	CENTER AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM ADDRESS INFORMATION. (a)  In
	this section:
	(1)  "Family violence shelter center" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code.
	(2)  "Sexual assault program" has the meaning assigned
	by Section 420.003, Government Code.
	(3)  "Victims of trafficking shelter center" means a
	program that:
	(A)  is operated by a public or private nonprofit
	organization; and
	(B)  provides comprehensive residential and
	nonresidential services to victims of trafficking of persons under
	Section 20A.02, Penal Code.
	(b)  Information in appraisal records under Section 25.02 is
	confidential and is available only for the official use of the
	appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing units
	and political subdivisions of this state if the information
	identifies the address of a family violence shelter center, [or] a
	sexual assault program, or a victims of trafficking shelter center.
	SECTION 16.  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 17.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.