---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person arrested for certain felony offenses."
description: "Relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person arrested for certain felony offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1399"
citation: "Texas HB 1399 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure (I0203)", "KRYSTAL JEAN BAKER ACT (P0699)", "DNA (S0100)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Creighton", "Moody", "Phelan", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d782e3-21b0-498e-8721-241a7de0f56f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1399.xml"
source_hash: "dadfbb5158acee24f5b1948005d535094d280872ab1e4c4530e3f9030371d00d"
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 1399 (86) — Relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person arrested for certain felony offenses.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01399I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–40** (pass) · lower
- passage — **77–68** (pass) · lower
- passage — **91–50** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- other — **99–40** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d782e3-21b0-498e-8721-241a7de0f56f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).