89R1432 JSC-D     By: Johnson H.B. No. 992       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of   criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has   successfully completed a specialty court program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 126.004(d), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (d)  A program established under this chapter shall provide   each program participant with information related to the right to   petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record   information under Section 411.0727 or 411.0728.          SECTION 2.  Section 411.0727, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 411.0727.  PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION   OF SPECIALTY [VETERANS TREATMENT] COURT PROGRAM.  (a)  This section   applies only to a person who successfully completes a specialty    [veterans treatment] court program under Subtitle K, Title 2,   [Chapter 124] or former law.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter   or Subchapter F, a person described by Subsection (a) is entitled to   file with the court that placed the person in the specialty    [veterans treatment] court program a petition for an order of   nondisclosure of criminal history record information under this   section if the person:                (1)  satisfies the requirements of this section and   Section 411.074;                (2)  has never been previously convicted of an offense   listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, or a   sexually violent offense, as defined by Article 62.001, Code of   Criminal Procedure; and                (3)  is not convicted of any felony offense between the   date on which the person successfully completed the program and the   second anniversary of that date.          (c)  Regardless of whether the person was convicted of or   placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the   offense for which the person entered the specialty [veterans   treatment] court program or whether the case against the person was   dismissed following successful completion of the applicable   specialty court program [under Section 124.001(b)], after notice to   the state, an opportunity for a hearing, and a determination that   the person is entitled to file the petition and issuance of the   order is in the best interest of justice, the court shall issue an   order prohibiting criminal justice agencies from disclosing to the   public criminal history record information related to the offense   for which the person entered the specialty [veterans treatment]   court program.          (d)  A person may file with the court that placed the person   in the specialty [veterans treatment] court program a petition for   an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information   under this section only on or after the second anniversary of the   date the person successfully completed the program.          (e)  A person is not entitled to petition the court for an   order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information under   this section if the person's entry into the specialty [veterans   treatment] court program arose as the result of a conviction of an   offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while   intoxicated.          SECTION 3.  Sections 123.001(b) and (c), Government Code,   are repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.