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| 1 | 1 | 89R8928 CJD-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Plesa H.B. No. 2307 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist law | |
| 10 | 10 | enforcement agencies in collecting DNA samples from defendants | |
| 11 | 11 | arrested for a felony offense. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Section 411.1472 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 411.1472. DNA SAMPLE COLLECTION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) | |
| 16 | 16 | From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the | |
| 17 | 17 | department shall establish and implement a grant program to assist | |
| 18 | 18 | law enforcement agencies in taking a DNA sample when booking a | |
| 19 | 19 | defendant arrested for a felony as required by Section 411.1471. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement | |
| 21 | 21 | this section. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 23 | 23 | of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas | |
| 24 | 24 | shall establish the grant program required under Section 411.1472, | |
| 25 | 25 | Government Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |