Bill Text: TX SB587 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the collection and reporting of information relating to the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB587 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB587-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 587 | |
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| relating to the collection and reporting of information relating to | ||
| the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.0491 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.0491. SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING. (a) The | ||
| department shall compile and maintain statistical information | ||
| relating to the commission of an offense under Section 22.011 or | ||
| 22.021, Penal Code, including information regarding: | ||
| (1) whether a forensic medical examination was | ||
| performed as described by Article 56.06 or 56.065, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, and if so, whether: | ||
| (A) biological evidence, as defined by Article | ||
| 38.43, Code of Criminal Procedure, was collected and analyzed in | ||
| accordance with Subchapters B and B-1, Chapter 420; and | ||
| (B) a DNA profile obtained from the biological | ||
| evidence was compared to DNA profiles in state databases or the | ||
| CODIS database under Section 420.043; | ||
| (2) any arrests made in relation to the offense; | ||
| (3) the results of any prosecution of the offense, or, | ||
| if the offense was not prosecuted, the reasons for not prosecuting | ||
| the offense; and | ||
| (4) the classification assigned to the case by the law | ||
| enforcement agency at the time the case was closed, and, if the case | ||
| was classified as cleared by exceptional means, the specific | ||
| circumstance outside the control of the law enforcement agency that | ||
| prevented the arrest, charging, or prosecution of the offender. | ||
| (b) The department by rule shall identify the governmental | ||
| entities that possess information required by Subsection (a). A | ||
| governmental entity identified by the department under this | ||
| subsection shall report the information to the department in the | ||
| manner prescribed by the department. | ||
| (c) The department shall identify governmental entities | ||
| required to report under Subsection (b) that fail to timely report | ||
| or that report incomplete information to the department. | ||
| (d) Not later than February 15 of each year, the department | ||
| shall submit to the legislature and post on the department's | ||
| Internet website a report of the statistical information described | ||
| in Subsection (a) that was compiled for the preceding calendar | ||
| year. The report must include a list of the governmental entities | ||
| identified by the department under Subsection (c). | ||
| (e) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 411.0491(d), Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, the Department of Public Safety is not | ||
| required to submit the initial report required by that section | ||
| covering the 2020 calendar year before February 15, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
