Bill Text: TX HB979 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of DNA records for certain defendants for inclusion in the DNA database system.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB979-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 979 |
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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 [ |
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(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. | ||
______________________________ | ||
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 |