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CS/SB 1072: Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; McClain

Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program; Defining the term “private lab”; creating the Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; specifying potential grant recipients; providing purposes for the grants under the program; specifying eligible uses for such grant funds; requiring each grant recipient to provide a report to the executive director of the department within a certain timeframe, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/24/2025	Senate	• Filed
  3/3/2025	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  3/4/2025	Senate	• Introduced
  3/27/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  4/1/2025	Senate	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  4/7/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
  4/10/2025	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  4/11/2025	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy
  4/14/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/17/2025	Senate	• CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  4/18/2025	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/21/2025	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  4/22/2025	Senate	• CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  4/24/2025	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 526 • Substituted CS/HB 847 -SJ 526 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 847 -SJ 526

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• CS/SB 1072, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/18/2025 at 12:00 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 847 (er)	Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program	Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Ordered enrolled

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  943.328		Page 1 (pdf)

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• SB 1072, Original Filed Version Posted 2/24/2025 at 4:06 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf) Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/9/2025 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2025 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/16/2025 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/18/2025 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 847 (c1)	Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program	Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Ordered enrolled

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  564950 - Amendment Delete line 23 and insert:	Fiscal Policy (McClain)	4/16/2025 8:14 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/17/2025	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/1/2025 1:30 PM	Criminal Justice	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/10/2025 11:00 AM	Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/17/2025 9:00 AM	Fiscal Policy	17 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  943.328		Page 1 (pdf)

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