Texas § HS.841.003 - SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR

§ HS.841.003. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR. (a) A person is a sexually violent predator for the purposes of this chapter if the person: (1) is a repeat sexually violent offender; and (2) suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. (b) A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the purposes of this chapter if the person is convicted of more than one sexually violent offense and a sentence is imposed for at least one of the offenses, or if the person is convicted of an offense under Section 21.02 , Penal Code, and a sentence is imposed for the offense, or if: (1) the person: (A) is convicted of a sexually violent offense, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the person was subsequently discharged from community supervision; (B) enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for a sexually violent offense in return for a grant of deferred adjudication; or (C) is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct constituting a sexually violent offense and is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04 (d)(3) or (m), Family Code; and (2) after the date on which under Subdivision (1) the person is convicted, receives a grant of deferred adjudication, or is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct, the person commits a sexually violent offense for which the person is convicted, but only if the sentence for the offense is imposed. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1323 (S.B. 511 ), Sec. 9, eff. December 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 (S.B. 746 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1145 (S.B. 1610 ), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2025.