HB908 - Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

      H.B. No. 908         AN ACT   relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing   children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 63.00905(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   as added by Chapter 729 (H.B. 2660), Acts of the 88th Legislature,   Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  Regardless of the jurisdiction in which the child went   missing, a law enforcement agency, on receiving a report of a   missing child, shall:                (1)  immediately start an investigation in order to   determine the present location of the child;                (2)  immediately, but not later than two hours after   receiving the report, enter the name of the child into the   clearinghouse and the national crime information center missing   person file if the child meets the center's criteria, with all   available identifying features such as dental records,   fingerprints, other physical characteristics, and a description of   the clothing worn when last seen, and all available information   describing any person reasonably believed to have taken or retained   the missing child;                (3)  immediately, but not later than two hours after   the agency receives the report, enter the applicable information   into :                       (A)   the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications   System or a successor system of telecommunication used by law   enforcement agencies and operated by the Department of Public   Safety; and                         (B)     the National Center for Missing and Exploited   Children;                  (4)  not later than 48 hours after receiving the   report, electronically submit to each municipal or county law   enforcement agency within 200 miles the report and any information   that may help determine the present location of the child;                (5)  not later than the 30th day after the date the   agency receives the report, enter the name of the child into the   National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, with all   available identifying features such as dental records,   fingerprints, other physical characteristics, and a description of   the clothing worn when last seen, and all available information   describing any person reasonably believed to have taken or retained   the missing child; and                (6)  inform the person who filed the report of the   missing child that the information will be:                      (A)  entered into the clearinghouse, the national   crime information center missing person file, the National Center   for Missing and Exploited Children, and the National Missing and   Unidentified Persons System; and                      (B)  submitted to each municipal or county law   enforcement agency within 200 miles.          SECTION 2.  Article 63.00905(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   as added by Chapter 979 (S.B. 2429), Acts of the 88th Legislature,   Regular Session, 2023, is repealed as duplicative of Article   63.00905(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 729   (H.B. 2660), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the House on April   3, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor