Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions and requirements regarding collection of DNA samples and thumbprint impressions.
SAMPLE COLLECTIONS -- Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions and requirements regarding collection of DNA samples and thumbprint impressions.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This legislation adds two misdemeanors of sexual battery and domestic violence to the list of crimes for which collectionofaDNAsampleandthumbprintimpressionarerequired. Themisdemeanorsaddedcanbeindicative ofatendencytomoreseriousconduct, including: (a)crimeswhichmaybeprecursorstomoreviolentactivities; (b) crimes that may have been originally charged as felonies, but were pleaded down to misdemeanor; or (c) crimes that evidence an unwillingness to comply with existing legal constraints. Second, thelegislationseekstoclarifytherolesandresponsibilitiesofoffendersandgovernmentofficialsinthe process of collecting DNA samples and thumbprint impressions. At the time of sentencing, judges will order sentenced offenders to submit to collection and order certain government officials to cause the samples to be collected within a time certain. It also sets specific time frames and responsibilities for collection from other offenders who are already sentenced or entering the state pursuant to an interstate compact for supervision.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (34)
NAY (0)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
SPONSORS
Rep · HD-018A
Sen · SD-020
Sen · SD-013
Sen · SD-033
Sen · SD-003
Sen · SD-016
Sen · SD-029
Sen · SD-009
Sen · SD-026
Sen · SD-018
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Feb 2, 2026