Art. 66.102.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM.  (a)  In this article:
(1)  "Appeal" means the review of a decision of a lower court by a superior court other than by collateral attack.
(2)  "Rejected case" means:
(A)  a charge that, after the arrest of the offender, the prosecutor declines to include in an information or present to a grand jury; or
(B)  an information or indictment that, after the arrest of the offender, the prosecutor refuses to prosecute.
(b)  Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to an offender must include the offender's:
(1)  name, including other names by which the offender is known;
(2)  date of birth;
(3)  physical description, including sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, marks, and tattoos; and
(4)  state identification number.
(c)  Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to an arrest must include:
(1)  the offender's name;
(2)  the offender's state identification number;
(3)  the arresting law enforcement agency;
(4)  the arrest charge, by offense code and incident number;
(5)  whether the arrest charge is a misdemeanor or felony;
(6)  the date of the arrest;
(7)  for an offender released on bail, whether a warrant was issued for any subsequent failure of the offender to appear in court;
(8)  the exact disposition of the case by a law enforcement agency following the arrest; and
(9)  the date of disposition of the case by the law enforcement agency.
(d)  Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to a prosecution must include:
(1)  each charged offense, by offense code and incident number;
(2)  the level of the offense charged or the degree of the offense charged for each offense in Subdivision (1); and
(3)  for a rejected case:
(A)  the date of rejection;
(B)  the offense code;
(C)  the incident number; and
(D)  whether the rejection is a result of a successful pretrial diversion program.
(e)  Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to the disposition of a case other than a rejected case must include:
(1)  the final pleading to each charged offense and the level of the offense;
(2)  a listing of each charged offense disposed of by the court and:
(A)  the date of disposition;
(B)  the offense code for the disposed charge and incident number; and
(C)  the type of disposition; and
(3)  for a conviction that is appealed, the final court decision and the final disposition of the offender's case on appeal.
(f)  Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to sentencing must include for each sentence:
(1)  the sentencing date;
(2)  the sentence for each offense, by offense code and incident number;
(3)  if the offender was sentenced to confinement:
(A)  the agency that receives custody of the offender;
(B)  the length of the sentence for each offense; and
(C)  if multiple sentences were ordered, whether the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or concurrently;
(4)  if the offender was sentenced to pay a fine, the amount of the fine;
(5)  if a sentence to pay a fine or to confinement was ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed:
(A)  the length of the sentence or the amount of the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed; and
(B)  the offender's name, offense code, and incident number;
(6)  if a sentence other than a fine or confinement was ordered, a description of the sentence ordered; and
(7)  whether the judgment imposing the sentence reflects an affirmative finding entered under Article 42.013 (Finding of Family Violence).
(g)  The Department of Public Safety shall maintain in the computerized criminal history system any information the department maintains in the central database under Article 62.005.
(h)  In addition to the information described by this article, information in the computerized criminal history system must include the age of the victim of the offense if the offender was arrested for or charged with an offense under the following provisions of the Penal Code:
(1)  Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), if the offender committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually;
(2)  Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), if the offender:
(A)  trafficked a person with the intent or knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
(B)  benefited from participating in a venture that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code;
(3)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Disabled Individual);
(4)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
(5)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault) or 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
(6)  Section 30.02 (Burglary), if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the offender committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense described by Subdivision (1), (4), or (5);
(7)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Prostitution); or
(8)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child).
(i)  In addition to the information described by this article, information in the computerized criminal history system must include any order issued under Article 5B.002.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2019.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 1528), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 221 (H.B. 375), Sec. 2.14, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 14, eff. January 1, 2022.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 4th C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 4), Sec. 5, eff. March 5, 2024.