Senate Bill S616

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that people arrested in connection with felonies relating to sex offenses where the victim is less than 13 years old must submit a DNA sample

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S616 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§995 & 995-c, Exec L; amd §§120.90, 130.60, 140.20, 140.27, 150.70, 160.20, 160.50 & 160.55, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5323
2019-2020: S825
2021-2022: S6134
2023-2024: S4997

2017-S616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that people arrested in connection with certain felonies must submit a DNA sample.

2017-S616 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    616
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BOYLE,  COMRIE, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
   relation  to requiring individuals arrested in connection with certain
   felonies to submit a DNA sample

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 995 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A.  "FELONY  ARRESTEE"  MEANS A PERSON ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ANY
 ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FELONIES, OR AN ATTEMPT THEREOF WHERE  SUCH
 ATTEMPT  IS  A  FELONY  OFFENSE,  AS DEFINED IN SECTIONS 130.25, 130.30,
 130.35, 130.40, 130.45, 130.50, 130.53, 130.65, 130.66, 130.67,  130.70,
 130.75,  130.80,  130.95  AND  130.96  OF THE PENAL LAW, RELATING TO SEX
 OFFENSES; AND THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 995-c of the executive law is amended by
 adding four new paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (C) A FELONY ARRESTEE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SAMPLE  APPROPRI-
 ATE  FOR DNA TESTING UPON HIS OR HER ARREST, UNLESS SUCH FELONY ARRESTEE
 HAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A SAMPLE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE STATE DNA IDEN-
 TIFICATION INDEX.
   (D) A PUBLIC SERVANT TO WHOSE CUSTODY A DESIGNATED OFFENDER OR  FELONY
 ARRESTEE  WHO HAS NOT YET PROVIDED A DNA SAMPLE HAS BEEN COMMITTED SHALL
 SEEK AN ORDER OF THE COURT TO COLLECT SUCH SAMPLE IF THE OFFENDER, AFTER
 WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST, REFUSES TO PROVIDE SUCH SAMPLE.
   (E) THE DETENTION, ARREST, INDICTMENT OR CONVICTION OF A PERSON  BASED
 UPON  DNA  RECORDS CONTAINED IN THE STATE DNA IDENTIFICATION INDEX SHALL
 NOT BE INVALIDATED IF IT IS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE DIVISION OF CRIMI-
 NAL JUSTICE SERVICES INADVERTENTLY, BUT  IN  GOOD  FAITH,  COLLECTED  OR
 PLACED THE PERSON'S DNA SAMPLE IN THE INDEX.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05448-01-7
              

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