Bill > S09785

This bill establishes a single, statewide computerized DNA identification index managed by the state's division of criminal justice services, prohibiting any county, city, town, village, or municipality from creating or maintaining their own DNA indexes. It also mandates that any DNA records currently stored in municipal DNA identification indexes must be expunged, or deleted, within ninety days of the bill's effective date. Furthermore, the bill clarifies that only "designated offenders," meaning individuals convicted and sentenced for specific crimes, will be required to provide DNA samples for inclusion in the state index, and it outlines procedures for expunging DNA records in cases of overturned convictions, pardons, or when no criminal action is commenced or a case is dismissed.