Indiana House Bill 1551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-20 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DNA for felony arrestees. Requires every person arrested for a felony after June 30, 2015, to submit a DNA sample, and specifies that the sample may be taken only by buccal swab. Provides for the expungement of a DNA sample taken from the person if the person is acquitted of all felony charges, all felony charges are dismissed, or no charges have been filed after 30 days. Requires the officer who obtains a DNA sample from a person to inform the person of the right to DNA expungement and to provide the person with a form that may be used

DNA for felony arrestees. Requires every person arrested for a felony after June 30, 2015, to submit a DNA sample, and specifies that the sample may be taken only by buccal swab. Provides for the expungement of a DNA sample taken from the person if the person is acquitted of all felony charges, all felony charges are dismissed, or no charges have been filed after 30 days. Requires the officer who obtains a DNA sample from a person to inform the person of the right to DNA expungement and to provide the person with a form that may be used

Rep. Patrick Bauer [D]

Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-20	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2015-01-20	House	Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
2015-01-20	House	Authored by Representative Bauer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1551/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/4/8/c/148c48eb/HB1551.01.INTR.pdf