---
title: FORENSIC TESTING - Texas Legislation
subject: FORENSIC TESTING
total_bills: 6
unique_authors: 6
critical_bills: 0
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/forensic-testing"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# FORENSIC TESTING

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 6
- **Unique Authors:** 6
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 6

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 4 bills
- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Moderate:** 3 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Angela Paxton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Donna Howard** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Juan Hinojosa** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Lacey Hull** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Criminal Procedure](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure) (6 shared bills)
- [Criminal Procedure--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure-general) (4 shared bills)
- [SEXUAL ASSAULT](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/sexual-assault) (4 shared bills)
- [Crimes](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes) (3 shared bills)
- [CRIME VICTIMS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crime-victims) (3 shared bills)
- [Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes-against-persons-sexual) (3 shared bills)
- [EVIDENCE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/evidence) (3 shared bills)
- [Crimes--Against Persons](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes-against-persons) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-criminal-justice) - 1 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 1 bills
- [Texas Department of Public Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-public-safety) - 1 bills
- [Office of Court Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-court-administration) - 1 bills

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1422](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1422-89th-regular) | Relating to the rights of victims of ... | Lacey Hull (R) | Moderate |
| [HB47](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb47-89th-regular) | Relating to sexual assault and other ... | Donna Howard (D) | - |
| [SB1620](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1620-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of the ... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB1723](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1723-89th-regular) | Relating to rapid DNA analysis by cer... | Charles Creighton (R) | Moderate |
| [SB761](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb761-89th-regular) | Relating to the offense of sexual ass... | Juan Hinojosa (D) | - |
| [SB836](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb836-89th-regular) | Relating to victims of sex offenses, ... | Angela Paxton (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/forensic-testing)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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