89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 1222
Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing.
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89R5523 MCF-F By: Thompson H.B. No. 1222 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 64.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as follows: (a-1) In this article, "exculpatory results" includes DNA test results that indicate a match, pursuant to a comparison procedure conducted by a laboratory described by Subsection (c), between an unidentified DNA profile on the evidence tested and