HBA-MSH H.B. 2113 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2113 By: Allen Public Safety 3/14/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a person who is convicted or receives an order of deferred adjudication for a sex offense in another state with which Texas has a reciprocal registration agreement is required to register in Texas as a sex offender. The statute fails to address a person who may be required to register under federal law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice, such as a member of the armed services who has committed a sex offense, been convicted under military law, and resides in Texas upon discharge. House Bill 2113 requires a person required to register as a sex offender under federal or military law to register in Texas. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2113 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to apply statutes relating to the registration of sex offenders to those persons required to register as a sex offender under federal law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The bill provides that for the purposes of existing law governing the time periods during which a person subject to registration as a sex offender for two or more convictions or deferred adjudications of a sexual offense is required to verify registration information with a local law enforcement authority, a person receives multiple convictions or orders of deferred adjudication regardless of whether the judgments or orders are entered on different dates or the offenses for which the person was convicted or placed on deferred adjudication arose out of different criminal transactions. The bill provides that the Texas Department of Public Safety is responsible for determining for the purposes of the sex offender registration program whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the law of this state. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001.