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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 212

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

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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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. DOJ must then 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: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Hebl (D) , L. Myers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Riemer (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

3 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Bowen, Anderson, L. Myers, Pope, Quinn, Riemer, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Zamarripa and Ohnstad; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Wirch and Smith

  2. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1