88R10794 JSC-D     By: Vasut H.B. No. 3025       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of aggravated   kidnapping, kidnapping, and interference with child custody.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Article 12.03,   felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not   afterward:                (1)  no limitation:                      (A)  murder and manslaughter;                      (B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),   Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section   22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;                      (C)  sexual assault, if:                            (i)  during the investigation of the offense   biological matter is collected and the matter:                                  (a)  has not yet been subjected to   forensic DNA testing; or                                  (b)  has been subjected to forensic DNA   testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match   the victim or any other person whose identity is readily   ascertained; or                            (ii)  probable cause exists to believe that   the defendant has committed the same or a similar sex offense   against five or more victims;                      (D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or   disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code;                      (E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,   Penal Code;                      (F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an   accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the   accident resulted in the death of a person;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code;                      (H)  continuous trafficking of persons under   Section 20A.03, Penal Code; [or]                      (I)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or                      (J)  interference with child custody under   Section 25.03, Penal Code;                (2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,   by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to   defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,   beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;                      (B)  theft by a public servant of government   property over which the public servant exercises control in the   public servant's official capacity;                      (C)  forgery or the uttering, using, or passing of   forged instruments;                      (D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual   punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,   Penal Code;                      (E)  sexual assault, except as provided by   Subdivision (1) or (7);                      (F)  arson;                      (G)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or                      (H)  compelling prostitution under Section   43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;                (3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or   property of a financial institution;                      (B)  fraudulent securing of document execution;                      (C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax   Code;                      (D)  false statement to obtain property or credit   under Section 32.32, Penal Code;                      (E)  money laundering;                      (F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section   32.31, Penal Code;                      (G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying   information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;                      (H)  exploitation of a child, elderly individual,   or disabled individual under Section 32.53, Penal Code;                      (I)  health care fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal   Code; or                      (J)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,   except as provided by Subdivision (6);                (4)  five years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  theft or robbery;                      (B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),   [kidnapping or] burglary;                      (C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual   that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section   22.04, Penal Code;                      (D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or                      (E)  insurance fraud;                (5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the   victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is   committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of   the following offenses:                      (A)  sexual performance by a child under Section   43.25, Penal Code;                      (B)  kidnapping under Section 20.03, Penal Code,   or aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04 [20.04(a)(4)], Penal   Code[, if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to   violate or abuse the victim sexually]; or                      (C)  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if   the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and   the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an   offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or   Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;                (6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of   the offense:                      (A)  trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;                      (B)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal   Code; or                      (C)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if   the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than   the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or   purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the   appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the   time the offense is committed;                (7)  two years from the date the offense was   discovered:  sexual assault punishable as a state jail felony under   Section 22.011(f)(2), Penal Code; or                (8)  three years from the date of the commission of the   offense:  all other felonies.          SECTION 2.  Section 25.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection   (a)(3) also constitutes an offense under Section 20.03, the actor   may be prosecuted only under Section 20.03.          SECTION 3.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as   amended by this Act, does not apply to the prosecution of an offense   if that prosecution becomes barred by limitation before the   effective date of this Act. The prosecution of the offense remains   barred as if this Act had not taken effect.          SECTION 4.  Section 25.03(e), Penal Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective   date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was   committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed   before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense   occurred before that date.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.