Bill Amendment: TX SB991 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
Status: 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB991-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Hinojosa.html
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
Status: 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB991-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Hinojosa.html
Amend CSSB 991 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 411.163(a), Government Code (page 2, line 36), by inserting "The department by rule may exempt a crime laboratory from the requirements of this subsection if the department determines that the crime laboratory:
(1) is located outside of this state; and
(2) performs an insufficient number of forensic analyses in criminal actions in this state to warrant participation in the crime laboratory portal."