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  89R23335 JSC-D     By: Johnson, Garcia Hernandez, Collier, H.B. No. 3261       Jones of Harris, Garcia of Bexar       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of   nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain   offenses committed when younger than 25 years of age.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E-1, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.0739 to read as follows:           Sec.   411.0739.     PROCEDURE FOR CONVICTION FOLLOWING   SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF SENTENCE; CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS AND   FELONIES COMMITTED WHEN YOUNGER THAN 25 YEARS OF AGE. (a) This   section applies only to a person who:                 (1)  is convicted of an offense other than an offense:                       (A)     listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of   Criminal Procedure; or                       (B)     for which the judgment contains an   affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of   Criminal Procedure;                 (2)     was younger than 25 years of age at the time the   offense described by Subdivision (1) was committed; and                 (3)     has not previously received an order of   nondisclosure of criminal history record information under this   subchapter or other law for the offense described by Subdivision   (1).           (b)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter   or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) who completes   the person's sentence, including any term of confinement or period   of community supervision imposed and payment of all fines, costs,   and restitution imposed, may petition the court that imposed the   sentence for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record   information under this section if the person satisfies the   requirements of this section and Section 411.074.           (c)     Except as provided by Section 411.074, a person may   petition the court for an order of nondisclosure of criminal   history record information under this section regardless of whether   the person has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred   adjudication community supervision for another offense.           (d)     After notice to the state, an opportunity for a hearing,   and a determination that the person is entitled to file the petition   and issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, the   court shall issue an order prohibiting criminal justice agencies   from disclosing to the public criminal history record information   related to the offense for which the person was convicted.           (e)     A person may petition the court that imposed the   sentence for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record   information under this section only on or after:                 (1)     the second anniversary of the date of completion   of the person's sentence, if the offense of which the person was   convicted was a misdemeanor; or                 (2)     the fifth anniversary of the date of completion of   the person's sentence, if the offense of which the person was   convicted was a felony.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.