---
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).