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S.B. No. 614 AN ACT relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 4(h), Article 38.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (h) The commission may review and refer to the office of capital and forensic writs in accordance with Section 78.054(b), Government Code, cases that are: (1) the subject of an investigation under Subsection (a)(3) or (a-1); or (2) dismissed by the commission with an express referral to a previously published report that: (A) covers the same subject matter; and (B) is issued under Subsection (b), (b-1), or (b-2) [to the office of capital and forensic writs in accordance with Section 78.054(b), Government Code]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 614 passed the Senate on May 7, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 614 passed the House on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor
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