H.B. No. 979
AN ACT
relating to the creation of DNA records for certain defendants for
inclusion in the DNA database system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to a defendant who is:
(1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony
prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code
sections:
(A) Section 20.04(a)(4);
(B) Section 21.11;
(C) Section 22.011;
(D) Section 22.021;
(E) Section 25.02;
(F) Section 30.02(d);
(G) Section 43.05;
(H) Section 43.25;
(I) Section 43.26;
(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.
SECTION 2. The change in law made 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 979 was passed by the House on April
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 19, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 979 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor