SB1304 - Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force.

  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.