HB 5401

relating to the applicability of sex offender registration
requirements to certain felonies based on the offense initially
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,
(5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
(A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual), 21.09
(Bestiality), 21.11 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual
assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited
(B)  a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated
promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25
(Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion
of child pornography), Penal Code;
(B-1)  a violation of Section 43.021
(Solicitation of Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable as a felony of the second degree;
(C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
(Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
(D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
(E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
(i)  the judgment in the case contains an
affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
(ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers
in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
(F)  the second violation of Section 21.08
(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L);
(H)  a violation of the laws of another state,
federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
(G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a
(I)  the second violation of the laws of another
state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
results in a deferred adjudication;
(J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
solicitation of a minor), Penal Code;
(K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; [or]
(L)  a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous
trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly
or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section
20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code; or
(M)  a violation of any other offense punishable
as a felony, if a conviction or adjudication for the conduct
described in the initial filed charge in the case would have caused
the person to become subject to the registration requirements of
SECTION 2.  Article 62.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
the duty to register for a person with a reportable conviction or
adjudication described by Article 62.001(5)(M) ends on the date
that a duty to register based on a conviction or adjudication
occurring with respect to the initial filed charge in the case would
SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.