ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM H.B. 5054 (H-1)-5058 (H-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 5054 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5055 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5056 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5057 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5058 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Diana Farrington (H.B. 5054)
Representative Julie Calley (H.B. 5055)
Representative Kristy Pagan (H.B. 5056)
Representative Daire Rendon (H.B. 5057)
Representative Kyra Harris Bolden (H.B. 5058)
Senate Committee: Judiciary and Public Safety
CONTENT
House Bill 5054 (H-1) would amend the Sexual Assault Victim's Access to Justice Act to allow a sexual assault victim who was a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program to request that information from an investigating law enforcement agency be mailed to his or her address designated by the Department of the Attorney General.
House Bill 5055 (H-1) would amend Chapter 4 (Arrest) of the Code of Criminal Procedure to do the following:
-- Require a notice given to a domestic violence victim to include a statement informing the victim that he or she could apply to the Department of the Attorney General for certification as a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program.
-- Require the notice to include a statement about the victim's right to request a personal protection order (PPO) to restrain or enjoin an abuser from injuring, killing, torturing, neglecting, removing, or retaining (or threatening to do so) an animal in which the victim had an ownership interest, or threatening to do so, to cause the victim mental distress or to exert control over him or her.
House Bills 5056 (H-1) through 5058 (H-1) would amend Articles 1, 2, and 3, respectively, of the Crime Victim's Rights Act to do the following:
-- Allow a notice to be mailed to a victim's address designated by the Department of Attorney, if the victim were a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program.
-- Require a victim to keep certain specified individuals informed of his or her address designated by the Department of the Attorney General, if the victim were a Program participant.
-- Require forms given to a victim that he or she could submit to receive certain notices to include a statement that the victim could use the address designated by the Department of the Attorney General to receive notices if the victim were a Program participant.
Each bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 70, which would create the Address Confidentiality Program Act.