Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an
order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Crime Reduction
and Economic Growth Act.
SECTION 2. Section 126.004(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) A program established under this chapter shall provide
each program participant with information related to the right to
petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record
information under Section 411.0727 or 411.0728.
SECTION 3. Section 411.0725(e), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) A person may petition the court that placed the person
on deferred adjudication community supervision for an order of
nondisclosure of criminal history record information under this
section only on or after:
(1) the discharge and dismissal, if the offense for
which the person was placed on deferred adjudication was a
misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor described by Subdivision (3)
[(2)];
(2) the first anniversary of the discharge and
dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on
deferred adjudication was a state jail felony other than a state
jail felony under Chapter 20, 21, 22, 25, 42, 43, 46, 49, or 71,
Penal Code;
(3) the second anniversary of the discharge and
dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on
deferred adjudication was a misdemeanor under Chapter 20, 21, 22,
25, 42, 43, or 46, Penal Code; or
(4) [(3)] the third [fifth] anniversary of the
discharge and dismissal, if the offense for which the person was
placed on deferred adjudication was a felony other than a state jail
felony described by Subdivision (2).
SECTION 4. Section 411.0727, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.0727. PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
OF SPECIALTY [VETERANS TREATMENT] COURT PROGRAM. (a) This section
applies only to a person who successfully completes a specialty
[veterans treatment] court program under Subtitle K, Title 2,
[Chapter 124] or former law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter
or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) is entitled to
file with the court that placed the person in the specialty
[veterans treatment] court program a petition for an order of
nondisclosure of criminal history record information under this
section if the person:
(1) satisfies the requirements of this section and
Section 411.074;
(2) has never been previously convicted of an offense
listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
sexually violent offense, as defined by Article 62.001, Code of
Criminal Procedure; and
(3) is not convicted of any felony offense between the
date on which the person successfully completed the program and the
second anniversary of that date.
(c) Regardless of whether the person was convicted of or
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the
offense for which the person entered the specialty [veterans
treatment] court program or whether the case against the person was
dismissed following successful completion of the applicable
specialty court program [under Section 124.001(b)], 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 entered the specialty [veterans treatment]
court program.
(d) A person may file with the court that placed the person
in the specialty [veterans treatment] court program a petition for
an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information
under this section only on or after the second anniversary of the
date the person successfully completed the program.
(e) A person is not entitled to petition the court for an
order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information under
this section if the person’s entry into the specialty [veterans
treatment] court program arose as the result of a conviction of an
offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while
intoxicated.
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 411.073, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.073. PROCEDURE FOR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
FOLLOWING CONVICTION; CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS AND STATE JAIL
FELONIES.
SECTION 6. Section 411.073, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a person placed on
community supervision under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal
Procedure:
(1) following a conviction of:
(A) a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor under
Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 49.04, 49.05,
49.06, or 49.065, Penal Code, or Chapter 71, Penal Code; or
(B) a state jail felony other than a state jail
felony under Chapter 20, 21, 22, 25, 42, 43, 46, 49, or 71, Penal
Code; and
(2) under a provision of Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal
Procedure, other than Subchapter C, including:
(A) a provision that requires the person to serve
a term of confinement as a condition of community supervision; or
(B) another provision that authorizes placing a
person on community supervision after the person has served part of
a term of confinement imposed for the offense.
(d) A person may petition the court that placed the person
on community supervision for an order of nondisclosure of criminal
history record information under this section only on or after:
(1) the completion of the community supervision, if
the offense for which the person was placed on community
supervision was a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor described by
Subdivision (3) [(2)]; [or]
(2) the first anniversary of the date of completion of
the community supervision, if the offense for which the person was
placed on community supervision was a state jail felony; or
(3) the second anniversary of the date of completion
of the community supervision, if the offense for which the person
was placed on community supervision was a misdemeanor under Chapter
20, 21, 22, 25, 42, 43, or 46, Penal Code.
(e) A court that issues an order of nondisclosure of
criminal history record information may include in the order any
offense arising out of the same transaction as the offense for which
the order is sought if the other offense:
(1) satisfies the requirements for issuance of an
order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information under
this section or another provision of this subchapter; or
(2) has not resulted in a conviction or a dismissal and
discharge under Article 42A.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, and is
no longer pending.
SECTION 7. The heading to Section 411.0735, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0735. PROCEDURE FOR CONVICTION; CERTAIN
MISDEMEANORS AND STATE JAIL FELONIES.
SECTION 8. Section 411.0735, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a person who:
(1) is convicted of:
(A) a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor under
Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 49.04, 49.05,
49.06, or 49.065, Penal Code, or Chapter 71, Penal Code; or
(B) a state jail felony other than a state jail
felony under Chapter 20, 21, 22, 25, 42, 43, 46, 49, or 71, Penal
Code; and
(2) is not eligible for an order of nondisclosure of
criminal history record information under Section 411.073.
(d) 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 date of completion of the person’s sentence, if
the offense of which the person was convicted was a misdemeanor
punishable by fine only; [or]
(2) the first [second] anniversary of the date of
completion of the person’s sentence, if the offense of which the
person was convicted was a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor
described by Subdivision (1) or (3)(A); or
(3) the second anniversary of the date of completion
of the person’s sentence, if the offense of which the person was
convicted was:
(A) a misdemeanor under Chapter 20, 21, 22, 25,
42, 43, or 46, Penal Code; or
(B) a state jail felony.
(e) A court that issues an order of nondisclosure of
criminal history record information may include in the order any
offense arising out of the same transaction as the offense for which
the order is sought if the other offense:
(1) satisfies the requirements for issuance of an
order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information under
this section or another provision of this subchapter; or
(2) has not resulted in a conviction or a dismissal and
discharge under Article 42A.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, and is
no longer pending.
SECTION 9. Subchapter E-1, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 411.0738 and 411.0739 to read as
follows:
Sec. 411.0738. PROCEDURE FOR MORE THAN ONE CONVICTION.
(a) This section applies only to a person who:
(1) has more than one conviction for an offense that is
a misdemeanor or state jail felony other than:
(A) a misdemeanor under Section 106.041,
Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065,
Penal Code, or Chapter 71, Penal Code; or
(B) a state jail felony under Chapter 19, 20, 21,
22, 25, 42, 43, 46, 49, or 71, Penal Code; and
(2) is not eligible for an order of nondisclosure of
criminal history record information under Section 411.073 or
411.0735.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter
or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) who has
completed each sentence imposed, including any term of confinement
or period of community supervision imposed and payment of all
fines, costs, and restitution imposed, may petition any court that
imposed at least one of those sentences 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 Subsection (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 offenses
for which the person was convicted.
(d) A court may issue an order of nondisclosure of criminal
history record information under this section for a misdemeanor
under Chapter 20, 21, 22, 25, 42, 43, or 46, Penal Code, other than a
misdemeanor under Section 22.01 of that code, only if the person:
(1) was placed on community supervision for the
offense; and
(2) completed the period of community supervision
imposed for the offense.
(e) A person may petition a court described by Subsection
(b) for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record
information under this section only on or after:
(1) the third anniversary of the date of the
completion of all sentences imposed if the most serious offense for
which the order is sought is a misdemeanor;
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
completion of all sentences imposed if:
(A) the most serious offense for which the order
is sought is a state jail felony; and
(B) the person’s last sentence included a period
of community supervision that the person completed; or
(3) if neither Subdivision (1) nor (2) applies, the
fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of all sentences
imposed.
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 10. Sections 123.001(b) and (c), Government Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
