89R13984 RAL-D
By: Villalobos H.B. No. 5149
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restricting the use of DNA samples collected from
children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of
Family and Protective Services for certain purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.131 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.131. USE OF FOSTER CHILD DNA FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES
PROHIBITED. The department may not use a DNA sample collected from
a child in the managing conservatorship of the department to
perform a search against a DNA database maintained by the
Department of Public Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411,
Government Code, for the purpose of determining paternity without
the written consent of the child's biological mother.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.