Senate Bill S6238

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the processing of evidence related to sexual offenses and the inclusion of such results in the state DNA identification index

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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-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3597
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§995, 995-b, 995-d, 995-e, 995-f & 995-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6145, A8150
2015-2016: S1455, A4524, A9946
2019-2020: S4963
2021-2022: S4949
2023-2024: S735

2017-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the processing of evidence related to sexual offenses and the inclusion of such results in the state DNA identification index.

2017-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6238
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  processing  of
   evidence  related to sexual offenses and the inclusion of such results
   in the state DNA identification index

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 2 and 9 of section 995 of the executive law,
 as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. For purposes of forensic DNA analysis, the term "forensic DNA labo-
 ratory" shall mean any forensic laboratory operated by the state or unit
 of local government, that performs forensic DNA testing on crime scenes,
 FORENSIC  TESTING  ON  EVIDENCE  OF SEXUAL OFFENSES or materials derived
 from the human body for use as evidence in a criminal proceeding or  for
 purposes  of  identification  and  the term "forensic DNA testing" shall
 mean any test that employs techniques to examine  deoxyribonucleic  acid
 (DNA)  derived from the human body for the purpose of providing informa-
 tion to resolve issues of identification.  Regulation pursuant  to  this
 article  shall  not  include  DNA  testing on materials derived from the
 human body pursuant to title five of article five of the  public  health
 law for the purpose of determining a person's genetic disease or medical
 condition  and  shall  not  include a laboratory operated by the federal
 government.
   9. "DNA subcommittee" shall mean  the  subcommittee  on  forensic  DNA
 laboratories and forensic DNA AND SEXUAL OFFENSE FORENSIC EVIDENCE test-
 ing established pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section nine hundred
 ninety-five-b of this article.
   §  2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 995-b of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read  as
 follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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