89R2957 MCF-F     By: Howard H.B. No. 1775       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence   collection kits.          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   follows:          (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   completed, as applicable; and                 (2)  that a law enforcement agency did not take   possession of within the period required by Section 420.035(b) or   (c), as applicable.          (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   amended to read as follows:          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   report that includes:                (1)  a list of response team members able to   participate in the quarterly meetings required by Section   351.254(c);                (2)  a copy of the written protocol developed under   Section 351.256; and                (3)  either:                      (A)  a biennial summary detailing:                            (i)  the number of sexual assault reports   received by local law enforcement agencies;                            (ii)  the number of investigations conducted   as a result of those reports;                            (iii)  the number of indictments presented   in connection with a report and the disposition of those cases;   [and]                            (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   applicable; or                      (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.