HB 1775
AN ACT relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Requires state and local agencies to provide detailed annual reports about sexual assault evidence collection kits, including the number of kits not yet analyzed or not collected within required timeframes. The reports must be submitted to government officials by December 1st each year and include specific data such as the number of sexual assault reports, investigations, indictments, and unprocessed evidence kits. These reports will be publicly accessible, increasing transparency about sexual assault evidence handling across Texas.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 420.034, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read as (h) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the legislature identifying the number of evidence collection kits: (1) that have not yet been submitted for laboratory analysis or for which the laboratory analysis has not yet been (2) that a law enforcement agency did not take possession of within the period required by Section 420.035(b) or (i) The annual report required by Subsection (h) must be titled "Statewide Electronic Tracking System Report" and must be posted on the department's publicly accessible Internet website. SECTION 2. Section 351.257, Local Government Code, is Sec. 351.257. REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a response team shall provide to the commissioners court of each county the response team serves a (1) a list of response team members able to participate in the quarterly meetings required by Section (2) a copy of the written protocol developed under (A) a biennial summary detailing: (i) the number of sexual assault reports received by local law enforcement agencies; (ii) the number of investigations conducted (iii) the number of indictments presented in connection with a report and the disposition of those cases; (iv) the number of reports of sexual assault for which no indictment was presented; and (v) the number of evidence collection kits described by Section 420.031, Government Code, that a law enforcement agency did not take possession of within the period required by Section 420.035(b) or (c), Government Code, as (B) an explanation of the reason the response team failed to provide the information described by Paragraph (A). SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
Legislators who authored or co-sponsored this bill.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Law Enforcement and related subject areas.
Robert D. Miller
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Michael J. Johnson
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Leslie Pardue
Fred Shannon
Sarah Hicks
Matthew Bentley
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence
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