By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 2438
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 64.01(a-1), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(a-1) A convicted person may submit to the convicting court
a motion for forensic DNA testing of evidence that has a reasonable
likelihood of containing biological material.
The motion must be
accompanied by an affidavit, sworn to by the convicted person,
containing statements of fact in support of the motion.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
motion for forensic DNA testing filed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A motion for forensic DNA testing filed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the motion was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.