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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the storage in and removal from certain DNA databases of certain DNA samples."
+description: "Relating to the storage in and removal from certain DNA databases of certain DNA samples."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3506"
+citation: "Texas HB 3506 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "DNA (S0100)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0655)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Caroline", "Hughes", "Hull"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f7e2c1-e4d3-4d84-9fa6-9bcd995c5dc4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3506.xml"
+source_hash: "2454cf811d63225d1649f7bacec906134bd3d58d52ea1551efcf6c0e6a328dfd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 3506 (88) — Relating to the storage in and removal from certain DNA databases of certain DNA samples.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03506I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03506E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03506H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03506S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03506F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-27** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17f7e2c1-e4d3-4d84-9fa6-9bcd995c5dc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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