Bill adds nursing seat to Sexual Assault Survivors’ Task Force

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89R9465 JDK-F

By: Cook
S.B. No. 1304

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task

Force.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 772.0064(d), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(d) The task force is composed of the following members:

(1) the governor or the governor's designee;

(2) a representative of each state agency that has

duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of

sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to

survivors, including:

(A) the office of the attorney general;

(B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and

(C) the Department of Family and Protective

Services;

(3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on

Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee;

(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic

Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee;

(5) the division director of the law enforcement

support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with

authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division

director's designee;

(6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime

Laboratory Directors or the president's designee;

(7) the president of the Texas District and County

Attorney's Association or the president's designee;

(8) the president of the Texas Emergency Nurses

Association or the president's designee;

(9) the president of the International Association of

Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee;

(10) [ (9) ] the president of the statewide

organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the

president's designee;

(11) [ (10) ] the president of the state sexual assault

coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's

designee;

(12) [ (11) ] a representative from a law enforcement

agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection

(c);

(13) [ (12) ] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed

by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent

the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault

forensic exams;

(14) [ (13) ] an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or

the parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse;

(15) [ (14) ] a survivor of adult sexual assault; and

(16) [ (15) ] other members considered appropriate by

the steering committee described by Subsection (c).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.