86R19376 MAW-F
By: Smith, Phelan, Moody H.B. No. 1399
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1399:
By: Burns C.S.H.B. No. 1399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person
arrested for certain felony offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Krystal Jean Baker
Act.
SECTION 2. Article 42A.352, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 42A.352. DNA SAMPLE. A judge granting community
supervision to a defendant convicted of a felony shall require as a
condition of community supervision that the defendant provide a DNA
sample under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant, unless the
defendant has already submitted the required sample under Section
411.1471, Government Code, or other [state] law.
SECTION 3. Article 102.020(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person shall pay as a cost of court:
(1) $250 on conviction of an offense listed in Section
411.1471(a)(1), Government Code;
(2) $50 on conviction of an offense described by
Section 411.1471(a)(2) [411.1471(a)(3)], Government Code; or
(3) $34 on placement of the person on community
supervision, including deferred adjudication community
supervision, if the person is required to submit a DNA sample under
Article 42A.352.
SECTION 4. Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1425 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1425. GRANT FUNDS. The director shall apply for
any available federal grant funds applicable to the creation and
storage of DNA records of persons arrested for certain offenses.
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 411.1471, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1471. DNA RECORDS OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR [,
CHARGED WITH,] OR CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
SECTION 6. Section 411.1471, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (e) and adding Subsection (b-1)
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to a defendant who is:
(1) arrested [indicted or waives indictment] for a
felony prohibited [or punishable] under any of the following Penal
Code sections:
(A) Section 19.02;
(B) Section 19.03;
(C) Section 20.03;
(D) Section 20.04 [20.04(a)(4)];
(E) Section 20.05;
(F) Section 20.06;
(G) Section 20A.02;
(H) Section 20A.03;
(I) Section 21.02;
(J) [(B)] Section 21.11;
(K) Section 22.01;
(L) [(C)] Section 22.011;
(M) Section 22.02;
(N) [(D)] Section 22.021;
(O) [(E)] Section 25.02;
(P) Section 29.02;
(Q) Section 29.03;
(R) [(F)] Section 30.02 [30.02(d)];
(S) Section 31.03;
(T) Section 43.03;
(U) Section 43.04;
(V) [(G)] Section 43.05;
(W) [(H)] Section 43.25; or
(X) [(I)] Section 43.26; or
[(J) Section 21.02; or
[(K) Section 20A.03;]
(2) [arrested for a felony described by Subdivision
(1) after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred
adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an
offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or
[(3)] convicted of an offense:
(A) under Title 5, Penal Code, other than an
offense described by Subdivision (1), that is punishable as a Class
A misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, except for an
offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section 20.02,
22.01, or 22.05, Penal Code; or
(B) under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.02(b),
[43.03,] or 43.24, Penal Code.
(b) [After a defendant described by Subsection (a)(1) is
indicted or waives indictment, the court in which the case is
pending shall require the defendant to provide to a law enforcement
agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA
record.] A law enforcement agency arresting a defendant described
by Subsection (a)(1) [(a)(2)], immediately after fingerprinting
the defendant and at the same location as the fingerprinting
occurs, shall require the defendant to provide one or more
specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record.
(b-1) After a defendant described by Subsection (a)(2)
[(a)(3)] is convicted, the court shall require the defendant to
provide to a law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the
purpose of creating a DNA record.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), on acquittal of a
defendant described by Subsection (a)(1) [or (2)] or dismissal of
the case against the defendant, the court shall order the law
enforcement agency taking the specimen to immediately destroy the
record of the collection of the specimen and require the department
to destroy the specimen and the record of its receipt.
SECTION 7. Section 411.1471(c), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 8. Section 411.1471, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.