Assembly Bill A1273

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing standards of regulation to permit familial searching and partial DNA matches as an investigative tool in certain unsolved crimes

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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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2021-A1273 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§995, 995-b & 995-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9247
2015-2016: A1515
2017-2018: A683
2019-2020: A1794

2021-A1273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes standards of regulation to permit familial searching and partial DNA matches as an investigative tool in certain unsolved crimes; includes further definitions, reporting criteria and penalties.

2021-A1273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1273
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing standards
   of regulation to permit familial searching and partial DNA matches  as
   an investigative tool in certain unsolved crimes

   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, as added by  chapter  737
 of  the laws of 1994, subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 19 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   § 995. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and
 terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
   1. For purposes of general forensic analysis the term "forensic  labo-
 ratory" shall mean any laboratory operated by the state or unit of local
 government  that  performs  forensic  testing  on evidence in a criminal
 investigation or proceeding or for purposes of identification  provided,
 however,  that the examination of latent fingerprints by a police agency
 shall not be subject to the provisions of this article.
   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
 or materials derived from the human body for use as evidence in a crimi-
 nal  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 information to resolve issues  of  identification.    Regu-
 lation pursuant to this article shall not include DNA testing on materi-
 als  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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