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	Amend the proposed floor substitute to HB 8 (Amendment No. 7 
by Gattis) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION 
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS to the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ___. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 38.351 to read as follows:
	Art. 38.351. CERTAIN DEFENDANTS ENTITLED TO FORENSIC 
ANALYSIS. (a) A defendant charged with an offense punishable as a 
capital felony under Section 21.02 (i), Penal Code, may request and 
is entitled to a forensic analysis of any available biological 
matter collected during the investigation of the offense.
	(b) The state shall pay the cost of any forensic analysis 
requested and performed under this article.