By: Meyer H.B. No. 1140       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of   abandoning or endangering a child.          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 sexual offense   against five or more victims;                      (D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or   children 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;                (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 he exercises control in his 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; or                      (I)  abandoning or endangering a child;                (3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the   offense:                      (A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or   property of a financial institution;                      (B)  securing execution of document by deception;                      (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; or                      (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)  aggravated kidnapping under Section   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; or                (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.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as   amended by this Act, does not apply to an offense if the prosecution   of that offense becomes barred by limitation before the effective   date of this Act. The prosecution of that offense remains barred as   if this Act had not taken effect.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.