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House Bill 941 |
House Author: Hernandez et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Perry et al. |
House Bill 941 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure and Government Code to expand the types of offenses that trigger a convicted defendant's duty to provide a DNA sample for the purpose of creating a DNA record in the state DNA database system. The bill exempts a defendant from the requirement to provide a DNA sample as a condition of community supervision if a sample has already been provided for the purpose of creating a DNA record and provides for the destruction of a DNA sample collected for that purpose after any associated test results are entered into the state and federal DNA databases.