HB539 - Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

  89R3062 LHC-D     By: Thompson H.B. No. 539       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of   trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 411.0728(a) and (b), Government Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (a)  This section applies only to a person:                (1)  who is convicted of or placed on deferred   adjudication community supervision for an offense under:                      (A)   Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code;                       (B)  Section 481.1151, Health and Safety Code;                       (C)  Section 481.116, Health and Safety Code;                       (D)  Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code;                       (E)  Section 481.117, Health and Safety Code;                       (F)  Section 481.118, Health and Safety Code;                       (G)  Section 481.119(b), Health and Safety Code;                       (H)   Section 481.120, Health and Safety Code[ , if   the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) ];                       (I)  [ (B) ]  Section 481.121, Health and Safety   Code[ , if the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) ];                       (J)  [ (C) ]  Section 31.03, Penal Code[ , if the   offense is punishable under Subsection (e)(1) or (2) ];                       (K)  Section 31.16, Penal Code;                       (L)  Section 31.17, Penal Code; or                       (M)  [ (D) ]  Section 43.02, Penal Code; and                (2)  who, if requested by the applicable law   enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney to provide assistance in   the investigation or prosecution of an offense under Section   20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code, or a federal offense   containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements   of an offense under any of those sections:                      (A)  provided assistance in the investigation or   prosecution of the offense; or                      (B)  did not provide assistance in the   investigation or prosecution of the offense due to the person's age   or a physical or mental disability resulting from being a victim of   an offense described by this subdivision.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter   or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) who is not   ineligible for an order of nondisclosure under Section   411.074(b)(1)(A), (B), or (C) [ satisfies the requirements of   Section 411.074(b) ] may petition the court that convicted the   person or placed the person on deferred adjudication community   supervision for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history   record information under this section on the grounds that the   person committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense under   Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.