By: Parker S.B. No. 958 (In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2025; February 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; March 19, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 19, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 958 By: Huffman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 411.0728(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) This section applies only to a person: (1) who is convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for: (A) a misdemeanor [an offense] under: (i) Subchapter D, Chapter 481 [(A) Section 481.120], Health and Safety Code[, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1)]; or (ii) [(B) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1); [(C)] Section 30.05, 31.03, 37.10, or 49.02, Penal Code[, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (e)(1) or (2)]; or (B) an offense under [(D)] Section 43.02, Penal Code; and (2) who, if requested by the applicable law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney to provide assistance in the investigation or prosecution of an offense under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code, or a federal offense containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under any of those sections: (A) provided assistance in the investigation or prosecution of the offense; or (B) did not provide assistance in the investigation or prosecution of the offense due to the person's age or a physical or mental disability resulting from being a victim of an offense described by this subdivision. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. * * * * *