Senate Bill S4949

2021-2022 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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee


  • 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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2021-S4949 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Internet And Technology
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
2015-2016: S1455
2017-2018: S6238
2019-2020: S4963
2023-2024: S735

2021-S4949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the processing of evidence related to sexual offenses and the inclusion of such results in the state DNA identification index; requires evidence of sexual offenses to be collected and forwarded to any forensic DNA laboratory for testing within the established time frame.

2021-S4949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4949
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Internet  and
   Technology
 
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09310-01-1

              

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