86th Legislative Session Updates Senate Committees Senate Health and Human Services: Senator Lois Kolkhorst, Chair • Other members: Senators Perry, Buckingham, Campbell, Flores, Johnson, Miles, Powell, Seliger Senate Criminal Justice: Senator John Whitmire, Chair • Other Members: Senators Huffman, Buckingham, Flores, Hughes, Miles, Perry Senate Finance: Senator Jane Nelson, Chair • Other Members: Senators Hinojosa, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Campbell, Flores, Hancock, Huffman, Kolkhorst, Nichols, Perry, Taylor, Watson, West, Whitmire House Committees House Criminal Jurisprudence: Representative , Chair • Other Members: Representatives Zedler, Jessica Gonzalez, Moody, , Hunter, King, Murr, Pacheco House Human Services: Representative , Chair • Other Members: Representatives Hinojosa, Clardy, Deshotel, Klick, Meza, Miller, Noble, Rose House Appropriations: Representative , Chair • Other members: Representatives Longoria, Cecil Bell, , Buckley, Capriglione, Cortez, Mary Gonzalez, Hefner, Howard, , Miller, Minjarez, Munoz, Rose, Schaefer, Sheffield, Sherman, Smith, Stucky, Toth, Turner, VanDeaver, Walle, Wilson, Wu House Committees, Cont. House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues: Representative Harold Dutton, Chair • Other Members: Representatives Murr, Bowers, Calanni, Cyrier, Dean, Shine, Talarico, HD 125 House Public Health: Representative , Chair • Other members: Wray, Allison, Coleman, Frank, Guerra, Lucio, Ortega, Price, Sheffield, Zedler House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Representative , Chair • Other Members: Representatives Farrar, , Julie Johnson, Krause, Meyer, Neave, Smith, White

Prosecution Issues to Watch: Asset Forfeiture, Assistant DA Longevity Pay, Unlawful Disclosure of Intimate Visual Material HB 205 & HB 211 (Reynolds): Allows defense counsel into grand jury proceedings HB 232 (Gervin-Hawkins): Stacking approach to offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual HB 344 & HB 658 (Dutton): Raise the Age bills HB 667 (): “Melissa’s Law”-Amends Penal Code 22.0011(e) and (f) to restrict the marriage and age related affirmative defense further based upon deviate sexual intercourse under Penal Code Section 25.02. (HB 707 (Flynn) is identical but not called “Melissa’s Law”) Prosecution, Cont. HB 85 (Mary Gonzalez): Removes "and is of the opposite sex" from one of the affirmative defenses to indecency with a child HB 24 (Romero): increasing criminal penalties for certain family violence offenses committed in the presence of a child; Age of child witness defined as 15 years or less HB 843 (Hernandez): Creates a central database of offenders who have committed family/dating violence offenses and offenses against children; Offenses against children seems to associate by reference sex offenses HB 629 (Landgraf) and SB 325 (Huffman): Creates a protective order registry that is publicly accessible SB 346 (Zaffirini): Consolidates the majority of criminal court costs Law Enforcement Issues to Watch: Asset Forfeiture HB 282 (Neave): Requires training on trauma-informed interviewing of victims of sexual assault for all law enforcement officers SB 344 (West): Relating to law enforcement agency policies regarding the placement of a child taken into possession by a peace officer during the arrest of a person DFPS/Child Welfare Issues to Watch: Funding, Family First Prevention Services Act HB 822 (Parker): Adverse Childhood Experiences bill HB 988 (Walle): Establishes caseload limit goals for various DFPS caseworkers HB 621 (Neave): Prohibits adverse employment action that would dissuade someone from making or supporting a report of abuse or neglect HB 459 (Hernandez): Requires child care facilities to have video surveillance in all areas occupied by children Mental Health Issues to Watch: Mental Health in Schools, Student Loan Default Impacting Recertification/Licensure SB 63 (Nelson): Creates the Texas Mental Health Consortium SB 218 (Rodriguez): Relates to consent for children’s mental health services Medical Issues to Watch: Collection, storage, and destruction of biological evidence and medical records HB 616 (Neave): Allows hospitals to bill for the sexual assault exam forensic expenses (in addition to already being able to bill for associated medical care with the forensic exam) HB 201 (Neave): Creates the Texas Sexual Assault Evidentiary Council under the OAG HB 848 (Wray): Requires LE and hospitals to provide standard information to victims of alleged sexual assault and to orally notify them that the forensic medical examination is provided at no cost to the victim SB 71 (Nelson): Creates a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medial examination within the OAG CACs Issues to Watch: Funding, CAC Forensic Interview Recording Protections HB 1029 (Moody): Narrows Code of Criminal Procedure 39.15 to only capture material depicting sexual conduct my a child or minor; deletes “or describing abuse of ” which will allow defense attorneys to gain possession of copies of CAC forensic interview recordings TBD (Nelson): Updates to the CAC sections of the Texas Family Code to align statute with current practice Trafficking HB 934 (Shaheen): Expands Penal Code 20A.02 and targets buyers HCR 35 (Miller): Recognizes human trafficking as a public health issue in Texas SB 291 (Lucio): Creates a Human Trafficking Unit in within the Department of Public Safety SB 72 (Nelson): Creates a Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council within the OAG; The Council is required to inventory all prevention programs and trainings and their efficacy and coordinate efforts of a number of other governmental agencies Schools Issues to Watch: Inappropriate Student Teacher Relationships; School Safety, Training for School Administration and Employees HB 111 (Mary Gonzalez): Amends Education Code 38.0041(c) to specifically call out that training must address " including the sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and other maltreatment of children with significant cognitive disabilities in both educational and noneducational settings“ HB 324 (Murr): Expands upon SB 7 (85th Leg) by adding all school employees into the statute HB 403 (S. Thompson): Requires training on child sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other child maltreatment for school board trustees and superintendents