S.B. No. 2390
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of
  a person protected by a magistrate's order for emergency
  protection.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 17.294 to read as follows:
         Art. 17.294.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN
  ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION. On request by a person protected by
  an order for emergency protection issued under Article 17.292, or
  if determined necessary by the magistrate, the court issuing the
  order may protect the person's mailing address by rendering an
  order:
               (1)  requiring the person protected under the order to:
                     (A)  disclose the person's mailing address to the
  court;
                     (B)  designate another person to receive on behalf
  of the person any notice or documents filed with the court related
  to the order; and
                     (C)  disclose the designated person's mailing
  address to the court;
               (2)  requiring the court clerk to:
                     (A)  strike the mailing address of the person
  protected by the order from the public records of the court, if
  applicable; and
                     (B)  maintain a confidential record of the mailing
  address for use only by:
                           (i)  the court; or
                           (ii)  a law enforcement agency for purposes
  of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6),
  Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information
  system maintained by the Department of Public Safety; and
               (3)  prohibiting the release of the information to the
  defendant.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.042(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The bureau of identification and records shall:
               (1)  procure and file for record photographs, pictures,
  descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other pertinent
  information of all persons arrested for or charged with a criminal
  offense or convicted of a criminal offense, regardless of whether
  the conviction is probated;
               (2)  collect information concerning the number and
  nature of offenses reported or known to have been committed in the
  state and the legal steps taken in connection with the offenses, and
  other information useful in the study of crime and the
  administration of justice, including information that enables the
  bureau to create a statistical breakdown of:
                     (A)  offenses in which family violence was
  involved;
                     (B)  offenses under Sections 22.011 and 22.021,
  Penal Code; and
                     (C)  offenses under Sections 20A.02, 43.02(a),
  43.02(b), 43.03, and 43.05, Penal Code;
               (3)  make ballistic tests of bullets and firearms and
  chemical analyses of bloodstains, cloth, materials, and other
  substances for law enforcement officers of the state;
               (4)  cooperate with identification and crime records
  bureaus in other states and the United States Department of
  Justice;
               (5)  maintain a list of all previous background checks
  for applicants for any position regulated under Chapter 1702,
  Occupations Code, who have undergone a criminal history background
  check under Section 411.119, if the check indicates a Class B
  misdemeanor or equivalent offense or a greater offense;
               (6)  collect information concerning the number and
  nature of protective orders and magistrate's orders of emergency
  protection and all other pertinent information about all persons
  subject to active orders, including pertinent information about
  persons subject to conditions of bond imposed for the protection of
  the victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse,
  stalking, or trafficking case.  Information in the law enforcement
  information system relating to an active order shall include:
                     (A)  the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal
  descriptors, address, and county of residence of the person to whom
  the order is directed;
                     (B)  any known identifying number of the person to
  whom the order is directed, including the person's social security
  number or driver's license number;
                     (C)  the name and county of residence of the
  person protected by the order;
                     (D)  the residence address and place of employment
  or business of the person protected by the order[, unless that
  information is excluded from the order under Article 17.292(e),
  Code of Criminal Procedure];
                     (E)  the child-care facility or school where a
  child protected by the order normally resides or which the child
  normally attends[, unless that information is excluded from the
  order under Article 17.292(e), Code of Criminal Procedure];
                     (F)  the relationship or former relationship
  between the person who is protected by the order and the person to
  whom the order is directed;
                     (G)  the conditions of bond imposed on the person
  to whom the order is directed, if any, for the protection of a
  victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking,
  or trafficking case;
                     (H)  any minimum distance the person subject to
  the order is required to maintain from the protected places or
  persons; and
                     (I)  the date the order expires;
               (7)  grant access to criminal history record
  information in the manner authorized under Subchapter F;
               (8)  collect and disseminate information regarding
  offenders with mental impairments in compliance with Chapter 614,
  Health and Safety Code; and
               (9)  record data and maintain a state database for a
  computerized criminal history record system and computerized
  juvenile justice information system that serves:
                     (A)  as the record creation point for criminal
  history record information and juvenile justice information
  maintained by the state; and
                     (B)  as the control terminal for the entry of
  records, in accordance with federal law and regulations, federal
  executive orders, and federal policy, into the federal database
  maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a magistrate's order for emergency protection issued on or after
  the effective date of this Act.  An order issued before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2390 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2390 passed the House on
  May 3, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor