89R9465 JDK-F
By: Cook S.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task
Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.0064(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The task force is composed of the following members:
(1) the governor or the governor's designee;
(2) a representative of each state agency that has
duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of
sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to
survivors, including:
(A) the office of the attorney general;
(B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and
(C) the Department of Family and Protective
Services;
(3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee;
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic
Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee;
(5) the division director of the law enforcement
support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with
authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division
director's designee;
(6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime
Laboratory Directors or the president's designee;
(7) the president of the Texas District and County
Attorney's Association or the president's designee;
(8) the president of the Texas Emergency Nurses
Association or the president's designee;
(9) the president of the International Association of
Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee;
(10) [(9)] the president of the statewide
organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the
president's designee;
(11) [(10)] the president of the state sexual assault
coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's
designee;
(12) [(11)] a representative from a law enforcement
agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection
(c);
(13) [(12)] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed
by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent
the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault
forensic exams;
(14) [(13)] an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or
the parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse;
(15) [(14)] a survivor of adult sexual assault; and
(16) [(15)] other members considered appropriate by
the steering committee described by Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.