SB 3, 77th R.S. history

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SB 3, 77th R.S.
Relating to establishing procedures for the preservation of evidence containing DNA and postconviction DNA testing.

Last action: Effective immediately

Author: Robert Duncan
Coauthor: J. E. Brown | Rodney Ellis | Royce West | Mike Moncrief | David Sibley | Carlos Truan | Leticia Van de Putte | Kenneth Armbrister | Eliot Shapleigh | Judith Zaffirini | Troy Fraser | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Florence Shapiro | Jon Lindsay | Todd Staples | Frank Madla | Chris Harris | Jeff Wentworth | John Carona | Mike Jackson | David Cain | Tom Haywood | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Jane Nelson | Gonzalo Barrientos | David Bernsen | Teel Bivins | John Whitmire
Sponsor: Juan Hinojosa
Joint Sponsor: Pete Gallego | Senfronia Thompson | Brian McCall | Scott Hochberg

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2001, 77th R.S.,ch. 2, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

HB 1474 (Very Similar)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Research Organization)
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Office of House Bill Analysis)

Conference Committee:

House Members: (appointed 03/27/2001) Juan Hinojosa (Chair) | Jim Dunnam | Harold V. Dutton, Jr. | Terry Keel | Robert Talton |

Senate Members: (appointed 03/26/2001) Robert Duncan (Chair) | J. E. Brown | Rodney Ellis | Jeff Wentworth | Royce West |

Gubernatorial documents:

Subjects:
Criminal Procedure--Posttrial Procedure
DNA
EVIDENCE
Law Enforcement

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Juan Hinojosa, Jim Dunnam, Domingo Garcia, Rick Green, Terry Keel, Ann Kitchen, Trey Martinez Fischer, John Shields, Robert Talton)
Minutes: February 27 2001
Senate Committee: Jurisprudence (Royce West, David Bernsen, J. E. Brown, Robert Duncan, Rodney Ellis, Mike Jackson, Jeff Wentworth)
Minutes: February 5 2001 | February 12 2001

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