Bill Text: TX SB614 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-13 - Filed [SB614 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB614-Introduced.html

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89R6342 AJZ-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 614

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission
to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and
forensic writs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4(h), Article 38.01, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(h) The commission may review and refer cases that relate to
[are] the subject matter of an investigation under Subsection
(a)(3) or (a-1) to the office of capital and forensic writs in
accordance with Section 78.054(b), Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.