HB380 - Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.

  89R21088 MCF-F     By: Guillen, Cook, Rodríguez Ramos, H.B. No. 380       Bumgarner, Garcia of Dallas, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses,   including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper   relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability   of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of   improper relationship between educator and student.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as   amended by Chapters 93 (S.B. 1527), 118 (H.B. 467), 127 (H.B. 1207),   422 (H.B. 1769), 520 (H.B. 3025), 689 (H.B. 1506), 704 (H.B. 2019),   709 (H.B. 2190), 768 (H.B. 4595), 830 (H.B. 2187), 885 (H.B. 4635),   and 1041 (S.B. 129), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session,   2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:          Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Articles   12.015 and 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:                            (i)  during the investigation of the offense   biological matter is collected and the matter:                                  (a)  has not yet been subjected to   forensic DNA testing; or                                  (b)  has been 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; or                            (ii)  probable cause exists to believe that   the defendant has committed the same or a similar sex offense   against five or more victims;                      (D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or   disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code;                      (E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,   Penal Code;                      (F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of a   collision under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the   collision resulted in the death of a person;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;                      (H)  continuous trafficking of persons under   Section 20A.03, Penal Code;                      (I)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code; [ or ]                      (J)  tampering with physical evidence under   Section 37.09(a)(1) or (d)(1), Penal Code, if:                            (i)  the evidence tampered with is a human   corpse, as defined by that section; or                            (ii)  the investigation of the offense shows   that a reasonable person in the position of the defendant at the   time of the commission of the offense would have cause to believe   that the evidence tampered with is related to a criminal homicide   under Chapter 19, Penal Code;                       (K)  [ (J) ]  interference with child custody under   Section 25.03(a)(3), Penal Code; or                       (L)  [ (J) ]  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal   Code, if:                            (i)  the offense is punishable under   Subsection (d) of that section because the defendant entered a   habitation with the intent to commit an offense under Section   22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code; and                            (ii)  during the investigation of the   offense biological matter is collected and the matter:                                  (a)  has not yet been subjected to   forensic DNA testing; or                                  (b)  has been 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;                (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 the public servant exercises control in the   public servant's 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 (9) [ (8) ];                      (F)  arson;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; [ or ]                      (H)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(1), Penal Code; or                       (I)     improper relationship between educator and   student under Section 21.12, 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)  fraudulent securing of document execution;                      (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;                      (G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying   information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;                      (H)  exploitation of a child, elderly individual,   or disabled individual under Section 32.53, Penal Code;                      (I)  health care fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal   Code;                      (J)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,   except as provided by Subdivision (7); or                      (K)  possession or promotion of child pornography   under Section 43.26, 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;                       (C)  [ (B-1) ]  except as provided by Subdivision   (1) or (5), burglary;                       (D)  [ (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;                       (E)  [ (D) ]  abandoning or endangering an [ a   child, ] elderly [ individual, ] or disabled individual;                       (F)  [ (E) ]  insurance fraud;                       (G)  [ (F) ]  assault under Section 22.01, Penal   Code, if the assault was committed against a person whose   relationship to or association with the defendant is described by   Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code;                       (H)  [ (G) ]  continuous violence against the family   under Section 25.11, Penal Code; or                       (I)  [ (H) ]  aggravated assault under Section   22.02, Penal Code;                (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)  ki [Text truncated for display. 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