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SB 638, 77th R.S.
Relating to the taking of a specimen from a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain offenses for the purposes of DNA analysis; providing penalties.

Last action: Effective on 9/1/01

Author: Gonzalo Barrientos
Coauthor: David Bernsen | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Mike Moncrief | Eliot Shapleigh
Sponsor: Ann Kitchen
Joint Sponsor: Terry Keel | Ray Allen | Juan Hinojosa

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2001, 77th R.S.,ch. 1490, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

HB 1726 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Research Organization)
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)
Engrossed (Office of House Bill Analysis)

Subjects:
BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS
Criminal Procedure--General
DNA
Law Enforcement
MANDATORY SUPERVISION

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Juan Hinojosa, Jim Dunnam, Domingo Garcia, Rick Green, Terry Keel, Ann Kitchen, Trey Martinez Fischer, John Shields, Robert Talton)
Minutes: May 1 2001
Senate Committee: Jurisprudence (Royce West, David Bernsen, J. E. Brown, Robert Duncan, Rodney Ellis, Mike Jackson, Jeff Wentworth)
Minutes: April 9 2001 | April 17 2001

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