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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