Bill Text: TX HB2463 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the tracking of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2463 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2463-Introduced.html

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87R3717 AJZ-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 2463

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the tracking of evidence of sexual assault and other sex
offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 420.035(a), Government Code, as added by
Chapter 408 (H.B. 8), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(a) If a health care facility or other entity that performs
a medical examination to collect evidence of a sexual assault or
other sex offense receives signed, written consent to release the
evidence as provided by Section 420.0735, the facility or entity
shall:
(1) promptly notify any law enforcement agency
investigating the [alleged] offense; and
(2) not later than 24 hours after the examination is
performed, enter the identification number of the evidence
collection kit into the statewide electronic tracking system under
Section 420.034.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to sexual assault evidence and evidence of other sex offenses
collected on or after the effective date of this Act. Evidence
collected before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the evidence was collected, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.