FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                          SECOND SESSION
  
  
                                                   February 13, 1998
  
  
  HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number 1 to HOUSE BILL 331, as amended
  
  Amendment sponsored by Representative Danice Picraux
  
  
      1.  Strike House Judiciary Committee Amendments 2 and 7.
  
      2.  On page 5, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following new
  subsection:
  
          "E.  Nothing in Paragraph (5), (6), (8), (9) or (10) of
  Subsection C of Section 3 authorizes obtaining, retaining,
  transmitting or using a person's DNA, genetic information or the
  results of genetic analysis if the person, his authorized
  representative or his parent or guardian objects on the basis of
  religious tenets or practices.".
  
      3.  On page 7, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following new
  subsection:
  
          "D.  Nothing in Paragraph (3) or (4) of Subsection B of
  Section 5 authorizes retention of a person's genetic information or
  samples for genetic analysis if the person, his authorized
  representative or his parent or guardian objects on the basis of
  religious tenets or practices.".
  
  
  
                                        ___________________________
                                        Danice Picraux
  
  
  
  Adopted ___________________   Not Adopted ___________________________
           (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
  
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