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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 661

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Relating to: expungement of deoxyribonucleic acid from crime laboratories if person not adjudicated guilty or delinquent. (FE)

Court — Procedure Genetics and genetic testing Justice, department of Juvenile court

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, if a court reaches final disposition for all charges and

allegations for which a person was required to provide a biological sample to the

Department of Justice for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis and the person is not

found guilty or delinquent on any such charge or allegation, the court must inform

DOJ. Then DOJ must purge all DNA records and information, and destroy all

biological samples, pertaining to that person. Current law requires such a person

to request DOJ to purge all records and information and destroy all such samples and

for DOJ to verify that final disposition was reached on all charges and allegations

without a guilty or delinquent verdict before fulfilling the request.

Sponsors

Introduced by: L. Taylor (D) , Vinehout (D)

8 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Pope (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Full history

  1. Dec 21, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Taylor and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Anderson, Berceau, Fields, Loudenbeck, Pope, Subeck and Thiesfeldt

  2. Dec 21, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1