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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 541

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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

Current law requires certain persons who have not been convicted of a crime

to provide a biological sample to the Department of Justice for deoxyribonucleic acid

(DNA) analysis, including a person who has been charged with or arrested for a

violent crime or a juvenile who has been taken in custody on the basis of a violation

that would be a violent crime if committed by an adult. Under current law, if final

disposition is reached on all charges without a guilty or delinquent verdict, the

person may request DOJ to purge all DNA records and information, and destroy all

biological samples, pertaining to that person.

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 DOJ for

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Baldeh (D) , Bowen (D) , Drake (D) , Hebl (D) , L. Myers (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Stroebel (R)

Full history

  1. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Baldeh, Bowen, Drake, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Mursau and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter and Stroebel

  2. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

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

  3. Nov 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1