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No significant fiscal implication to the State or units of local government is anticipated.
HB 3724 would amend the chapter entitled “Habeas Corpus” within the Code of Criminal Procedure to reflect changes to the procedure related to certain scientific evidence. This bill would allow the court to consider the field of scientific knowledge and the testifying expert’s scientific knowledge has changed, in order to grant a convicted person relief on an application of habeas corpus.