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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 82(R)

Senate Bill 122

Senate Author:  Ellis et al.

Effective:  9-1-11

House Sponsor:  Gallego et al.


            Senate Bill 122 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to revise the evidence criteria for a motion by a convicted person for forensic DNA testing of evidence containing biological material and requires a convicting court, if an analyzed DNA sample meets the applicable requirements of state or federal submission policies and on completion of the DNA testing, to order any unidentified DNA profile to be compared with the DNA profiles in the DNA databases of the FBI and the Department of Public Safety.