H.B. No. 2185
AN ACT
relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA
specimen.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 18.065 to read as follows:
Art. 18.065. EXECUTION OF WARRANT ISSUED BY DISTRICT JUDGE
FOR DNA SPECIMEN. (a) A warrant issued by the judge of a district
court under Article 18.02(10) to collect a DNA specimen from a
person for the purpose of connecting that person to an offense may
be executed in any county in this state.
(b) This article does not apply to a warrant issued by a
justice of the peace, judge, or other magistrate other than a judge
of a district court.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this
Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2185 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 16, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2185 on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 8,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2185 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor