HB2307 - Relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies in collecting DNA samples from defendants arrested for a felony offense.

  89R8928 CJD-F     By: Plesa H.B. No. 2307       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist law   enforcement agencies in collecting DNA samples from defendants   arrested for a felony offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.1472 to read as follows:           Sec.   411.1472.     DNA SAMPLE COLLECTION GRANT PROGRAM. (a)   From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the   department shall establish and implement a grant program to assist   law enforcement agencies in taking a DNA sample when booking a   defendant arrested for a felony as required by Section 411.1471.           (b)     The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement   this section.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas   shall establish the grant program required under Section 411.1472,   Government Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.