1. Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registration Bureau
Janet Spradlin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Sex Offender Registration Bureau

2. Topics
Chapter 62 Texas Code of Criminal Procedure & New Laws from the 2013 Legislation Session

3. Sex Offender Registration Program Phone Numbers
SOR main assistance line (Public Inquiries) – (512)
address –
Secured website link –
Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division (ICT) – (512)
(Compliance and enforcement related issues)
CODIS DNA Program – (512)
(Combined DNA Index Program) Collection kits
Driver License / Identification Card Issues
(Revocation / Issuance) - (512)

4. Texas started registering Sex
Offenders in
1991

5. reported active registered
As of
March, 2014
80,532
reported active registered
sex offenders

6. Chapter 62 Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

7. TDCJ/TJJD/CSCD/COURTS Department of Public Safety
CR-32/CR32PE
CR-35/OS/IS
Registration
CR-36
PHOTO
CR-35/OS/IS
verification
POLICE DEPT /
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Pg 7
Department of Public Safety
Secure/Public Websites
TCIC/NCIC
National Sex Offender Public Website

8. Conviction or Adjudication
Registering with a
Texas
Conviction or Adjudication
*Including Deferred Adjudications and Adjudications of Delinquent Conduct*

9. Who is required to register?
Anyone who has been convicted or adjudicated on or after
September 1st 1970
for a reportable sex offense has a duty to register either:
Post 10 Years or Lifetime OR
Out of State, County, Federal, Military or Tribal convictions convictions w/substantially similar elements.
Discuss the offenses; break down by adult and juvenile

12. Board/Court Ordered
Board/Court Ordered offenders are offenders who are required to register as a condition of supervision, not for a reportable sex offense.
Their duty to register ends when they are discharged from supervision.

13. Verification Requirements (How Often)
30 Day – Civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (3 days)
90 Day – Two or more convictions or deferred adjudications for a sexually violent offense
(7 days)
Annual – All other sex offenders, board/court ordered and juveniles (30 days before/after birthday)

14. Information Required Physical addresses primary and supplemental
addresses
Online identifiers
DL/ID numbers
Telephone numbers
Vehicles
Occupational License and Licensing number
Employment information
Institution of Higher Education
(worker/volunteer or student)
Name of nearest relative
Photo

15. When offenders are required to report changes
Change of address:
* 7 days prior in person.
* Check in with new agency in person within 7 days of move.
All other reportable changes, the offender has up to 7 days to report the changes to their verifying agency in person.

16. Risk Levels
Any offender released from a Texas penal institution or placed on supervision on or after January 1st 2000 and is required to register as a sex offender will be assigned a risk level.

17. Risk Levels
Civil Commitment (299) – 24 hour monitoring and committed for outpatient treatment.
High (Level 3) (6,830) – poses a serious danger
Moderate (Level 2) (30,583) – poses a moderate danger
Low (Level 1) (19,286) – poses a low danger
Not reported - (20,182)
Unknown – (1,857)

18. Driver License or Identification
The offender must have been under some type of Texas supervision or released from a penal institution on or after September 1st 2000 for their reportable conviction or adjudication of sex offense.
Includes out of state, country, federal, military, and tribal offenders whose offense is determined to be substantially similar to a Texas offense.
Board/Court ordered, extra-jurisdictional are exempt.

19. New Laws

20. The requirement of the 100,000 population has been removed.
House Bill (Amends CCP ) A Central SOR Authority in a County:
The requirement of the 100,000 population has been removed.

21. Senate Bill 369 An addition to CCP 62.005 (b) (2)
Makes Employer Information
Non-Public
Name
Address
Telephone Number

22. House Bill 424 Addition of Chapter 325 Health and Safety Code
Requires the Director of group homes to provide notice to the residents of the home or their legal guardians when a sex offender moves in.

23. House Bill 1302 Addition to CCP 42.015(b), 62.054(a)(1), and 62.063
Prohibited Employment

24. May not - for compensation:
Operate or offer to operate a bus
Provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab or limousine transportation service
Provide or offer to provide any type of service in the residence of another person unless the provision of service will be supervised; or
Operate or offer to operate any amusement ride

25. Prohibited Employment Notification Form
CR-32PE
Prohibited Employment Notification Form