HBA-MSH S.B. 1648 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1648 By: Bernsen Public Safety 4/27/2001 Engrossed 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. Senate Bill 1648 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 Senate Bill 1648 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 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. An appeal of such a determination is required to be brought in a Travis County district court. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.