Bill Text: TX HB2353 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the submission of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses for analysis by public accredited crime laboratories.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2353 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2353-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave | H.B. No. 2353 | |
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| relating to the submission of evidence of sexual assault and other | ||
| sex offenses for analysis by public accredited crime laboratories. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 420.042, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (g) A law enforcement agency that fails to submit evidence | ||
| of a sexual assault or other sex offense to a public accredited | ||
| crime laboratory within the period required by this section shall | ||
| provide to the department written documentation of the failure, | ||
| including a detailed explanation for the failure. The agency shall | ||
| submit the documentation required by this subsection on or before | ||
| the 30th day after the date on which the agency discovers that the | ||
| evidence was not submitted within the period required by this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 420.042(g), Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex | ||
| offense in possession of a law enforcement agency on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
