Bill Text: IN SB0002 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: DNA and arrestees.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-28 - Senators Arnold, Broden and Randolph added as coauthors [SB0002 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0002-Amended.html

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January 11, 2013

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SENATE BILL No. 2

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DIGEST OF SB 2 (Updated January 9, 2013 9:25 am - DI ck)

Citations Affected: IC 10-13; IC 33-37; IC 35-38.

Synopsis: DNA and arrestees. Requires every person arrested after June 30, 2013, for a felony to submit a DNA sample. Provides for the expungement of a DNA sample taken from the person if the person is acquitted of all charges, the person's conviction is reversed, or the case is dismissed. Increases the DNA sample processing fee from $2 to $4. Makes conforming amendments.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Zakas , Wyss

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    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure.
    January 10, 2013, amended; reassigned to Committee on Judiciary.

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January 11, 2013

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 2

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 10-13-6-8; (13)SB0002.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 10-13-6-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.142-2005, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 8. (a) The superintendent may establish a data base of DNA identification records of:
        (1) convicted criminals;
         (2) persons arrested for a felony;
        (2) (3) crime scene specimens;
        (3) (4) unidentified missing persons; and
        (4) (5) close biological relatives of missing persons.
    (b) The superintendent shall maintain the Indiana DNA data base.
    (c) The superintendent may contract for services to perform DNA analysis of:
         (1) convicted offenders; and
         (2) persons arrested for a felony;
under section 10 of this chapter to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the putative identification, detection, or exclusion of individuals who are subjects

of an investigation or prosecution of a sex offense, a violent crime, or another crime in which biological evidence is recovered from the crime scene.
    (d) The superintendent:
        (1) may perform or contract for performance of testing, typing, or analysis of a DNA sample collected from a person described in section 10 of this chapter at any time; and
        (2) shall perform or contract for the performance of testing, typing, or analysis of a DNA sample collected from a person described in section 10 of this chapter if federal funds become available for the performance of DNA testing, typing, or analysis.
    (e) The superintendent shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to administer and enforce the provisions and intent of this chapter.
    (f) The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based on a data base match or data base information is not invalidated if a court determines that the DNA sample was obtained or placed in the Indiana DNA data base by mistake.

SOURCE: IC 10-13-6-10; (13)SB0002.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 10-13-6-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.173-2006, SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to the following:
         (1) A person arrested after June 30, 2013, for a felony.
        (1) (2) A person convicted of a felony under IC 35-42 (offenses against the person) or IC 35-43-2-1 (burglary):
            (A) after June 30, 1996, whether or not the person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or
            (B) before July 1, 1996, if the person is held in jail or prison on or after July 1, 1996.
        (2) (3) A person convicted of a criminal law in effect before October 1, 1977, that penalized an act substantially similar to a felony described in IC 35-42 or IC 35-43-2-1 or that would have been an included offense of a felony described in IC 35-42 or IC 35-43-2-1 if the felony had been in effect:
            (A) after June 30, 1998, whether or not the person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or
            (B) before July 1, 1998, if the person is held in jail or prison on or after July 1, 1998.
        (3) (4) A person convicted of a felony, conspiracy to commit a felony, or attempt to commit a felony:
            (A) after June 30, 2005, whether or not the person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or
            (B) before July 1, 2005, if the person is held in jail or prison on or after July 1, 2005.

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    (b) A person described in subsection (a) shall provide a DNA sample to the:
        (1) department of correction or the designee of the department of correction if the offender is committed to the department of correction;
        (2) county sheriff or the designee of the county sheriff if the offender is held in a county jail or other county penal facility, placed in a community corrections program (as defined in IC 35-38-2.6-2), or placed on probation, or released on bond;
        (3) agency that supervises the person, or the agency's designee, if the person is on conditional release in accordance with IC 35-38-1-27; or
        (4) law enforcement agency that processes the person, in the case of a person arrested for a felony.
A person is not required to submit a blood sample if doing so would present a substantial and an unreasonable risk to the person's health.
    (c) The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based on a data base match or data base information is not invalidated if a court determines that the DNA sample was obtained or placed in the Indiana DNA data base by mistake.

SOURCE: IC 10-13-6-18; (13)SB0002.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 10-13-6-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 18. (a) A person whose DNA profile has been included in the Indiana DNA data base may request expungement of the profile from the DNA data base on the grounds that:
         (1) the conviction on which the authority for inclusion in the Indiana DNA data base was founded has been reversed and the case has been dismissed; or
        (2) the person was arrested for a felony, and:
            (A) the person was acquitted of all charges and is not otherwise required to submit a DNA sample;
            (B) the person was convicted but the conviction has been reversed and the case dismissed; or
            (C) the case has been dismissed.
    (b) All identifiable information in the Indiana DNA data base pertaining to a person requesting expungement under subsection (a) shall be expunged, and all samples from the person shall be destroyed, upon receipt of:
        (1) a written request for expungement under subsection (a);
        (2) a certified copy of the court order:
             (A) reversing the person's conviction and dismissing the conviction, case, as described in subsection (a)(1) and

(a)(2)(B);
            (B) establishing that the person has been acquitted of all charges, as described in subsection (a)(2)(A); or
            (C) showing that the case against the person has been dismissed, as described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and
        (3) any other information necessary to ascertain the validity of the request.
    (c) Upon expungement of a person's DNA profile from the Indiana DNA data base, the superintendent shall request expungement of the person's DNA profile from the national DNA data base.

SOURCE: IC 33-37-5-26.2; (13)SB0002.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 33-37-5-26.2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.174-2006, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 26.2. In each action in which a person is:
        (1) convicted of an offense;
        (2) required to pay a pretrial diversion fee;
        (3) found to have committed an infraction; or
        (4) found to have violated an ordinance;
the clerk shall collect a DNA sample processing fee of two four dollars ($2). ($4).

SOURCE: IC 35-38-1-27; (13)SB0002.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 35-38-1-27, AS ADDED BY P.L.173-2006, SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 27. (a) If a court imposes a sentence that does not involve a commitment to the department of correction, the court shall require a person:
        (1) convicted of an offense who is described in IC 10-13-6-10; IC 10-13-6-10(a); and
        (2) who has not previously provided a DNA sample in accordance with IC 10-13-6;
to provide a DNA sample as a condition of the sentence.
    (b) If a person described in subsection (a) is confined at the time of sentencing, the court shall order the person to provide a DNA sample immediately after sentencing.
    (c) If a person described in subsection (a) is not confined at the time of sentencing, the agency supervising the person after sentencing shall establish the date, time, and location for the person to provide a DNA sample. However, the supervising agency must require that the DNA sample be provided not more than seven (7) days after sentencing. A supervising agency's failure to obtain a DNA sample not more than seven (7) days after sentencing does not permit a person required to provide a DNA sample to challenge the requirement that the person provide a DNA sample at a later date.
    (d) A person's failure to provide a DNA sample is grounds for

revocation of the person's probation, community corrections placement, or other conditional release.

SOURCE: IC 35-38-2-2.3; (13)SB0002.1.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 35-38-2-2.3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.40-2012, SECTION 20, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.147-2012, SECTION 9, IS CORRECTED AND AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2.3. (a) As a condition of probation, the court may require a person to do a combination of the following:
        (1) Work faithfully at suitable employment or faithfully pursue a course of study or career and technical education that will equip the person for suitable employment.
        (2) Undergo available medical or psychiatric treatment and remain in a specified institution if required for that purpose.
        (3) Attend or reside in a facility established for the instruction, recreation, or residence of persons on probation.
        (4) Participate in a treatment program, educational class, or rehabilitative service provided by a probation department or by referral to an agency.
        (4) (5) Support the person's dependents and meet other family responsibilities.
        (5) (6) Make restitution or reparation to the victim of the crime for damage or injury that was sustained by the victim. When restitution or reparation is a condition of probation, the court shall fix the amount, which may not exceed an amount the person can or will be able to pay, and shall fix the manner of performance.
        (6) (7) Execute a repayment agreement with the appropriate governmental entity to repay the full amount of public relief or assistance wrongfully received, and make repayments according to a repayment schedule set out in the agreement.
        (7) (8) Pay a fine authorized by IC 35-50.
        (8) (9) Refrain from possessing a firearm or other deadly weapon unless granted written permission by the court or the person's probation officer.
        (9) (10) Report to a probation officer at reasonable times as directed by the court or the probation officer.
        (10) (11) Permit the person's probation officer to visit the person at reasonable times at the person's home or elsewhere.
        (11) (12) Remain within the jurisdiction of the court, unless granted permission to leave by the court or by the person's probation officer.
        (12) (13) Answer all reasonable inquiries by the court or the person's probation officer and promptly notify the court or probation officer of any change in address or employment.

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        (13) (14) Perform uncompensated work that benefits the community.
        (14) (15) Satisfy other conditions reasonably related to the person's rehabilitation.
        (15) (16) Undergo home detention under IC 35-38-2.5.
        (16) (17) Undergo a laboratory test or series of tests approved by the state department of health to detect and confirm the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen or antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), if:
            (A) the person had been convicted of an offense relating to a criminal sexual act and the offense created an epidemiologically demonstrated risk of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); or
            (B) the person had been convicted of an offense relating to a controlled substance and the offense involved:
                (i) the delivery by any person to another person; or
                (ii) the use by any person on another person;
            of a contaminated sharp (as defined in IC 16-41-16-2) or other paraphernalia that creates an epidemiologically demonstrated risk of transmission of HIV by involving percutaneous contact.
        (17) (18) Refrain from any direct or indirect contact with an individual and, if convicted of an offense under IC 35-46-3, any animal belonging to the individual.
        (18) (19) Execute a repayment agreement with the appropriate governmental entity or with a person for reasonable costs incurred because of the taking, detention, or return of a missing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4).
        (19) (20) Periodically undergo a laboratory chemical test (as defined in IC 14-15-8-1 IC 9-13-2-22) or series of chemical tests as specified by the court to detect and confirm the presence of a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9). The person on probation is responsible for any charges resulting from a test and shall have the results of any test under this subdivision reported to the person's probation officer by the laboratory.
        (20) (21) If the person was confined in a penal facility, execute a reimbursement plan as directed by the court and make repayments under the plan to the authority that operates the penal facility for all or part of the costs of the person's confinement in the penal facility. The court shall fix an amount that:
            (A) may not exceed an amount the person can or will be able to pay;
            (B) does not harm the person's ability to reasonably be self

supporting or to reasonably support any dependent of the person; and
            (C) takes into consideration and gives priority to any other restitution, reparation, repayment, or fine the person is required to pay under this section.
        (21) (22) Refrain from owning, harboring, or training an animal.
        (22) (23) Participate in a reentry court program.
    (b) When a person is placed on probation, the person shall be given a written statement specifying:
        (1) the conditions of probation; and
        (2) that if the person violates a condition of probation during the probationary period, a petition to revoke probation may be filed before the earlier of the following:
            (A) One (1) year after the termination of probation.
            (B) Forty-five (45) days after the state receives notice of the violation.
    (c) As a condition of probation, the court may require that the person serve a term of imprisonment in an appropriate facility at the time or intervals (consecutive or intermittent) within the period of probation the court determines.
    (d) Intermittent service may be required only for a term of not more than sixty (60) days and must be served in the county or local penal facility. The intermittent term is computed on the basis of the actual days spent in confinement and shall be completed within one (1) year. A person does not earn credit time while serving an intermittent term of imprisonment under this subsection. When the court orders intermittent service, the court shall state:
        (1) the term of imprisonment;
        (2) the days or parts of days during which a person is to be confined; and
        (3) the conditions.
    (e) Supervision of a person may be transferred from the court that placed the person on probation to a court of another jurisdiction, with the concurrence of both courts. Retransfers of supervision may occur in the same manner. This subsection does not apply to transfers made under IC 11-13-4 or IC 11-13-5.
    (f) When a court imposes a condition of probation described in subsection (a)(17): (a)(18):
        (1) the clerk of the court shall comply with IC 5-2-9; and
        (2) the prosecuting attorney shall file a confidential form prescribed or approved by the division of state court administration with the clerk.

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    (g) As a condition of probation, a court shall require a person:
        (1) convicted of an offense who is described in IC 10-13-6-10; IC 10-13-6-10(a);
        (2) who has not previously provided a DNA sample in accordance with IC 10-13-6; and
        (3) whose sentence does not involve a commitment to the department of correction;
to provide a DNA sample as a condition of probation.
    (h) If a court imposes a condition of probation described in subsection (a)(4), the person on probation is responsible for any costs resulting from the participation in a program, class, or service. Any costs collected for services provided by the probation department shall be deposited in the county or local supplemental adult services fund.

SOURCE: IC 35-38-2.5-6; (13)SB0002.1.7. -->     SECTION 7. IC 35-38-2.5-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.126-2012, SECTION 52, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 6. An order for home detention of an offender under section 5 of this chapter must include the following:
        (1) A requirement that the offender be confined to the offender's home at all times except when the offender is:
            (A) working at employment approved by the court or traveling to or from approved employment;
            (B) unemployed and seeking employment approved for the offender by the court;
            (C) undergoing medical, psychiatric, mental health treatment, counseling, or other treatment programs approved for the offender by the court;
            (D) attending an educational institution or a program approved for the offender by the court;
            (E) attending a regularly scheduled religious service at a place of worship; or
            (F) participating in a community work release or community restitution or service program approved for the offender by the court.
        (2) Notice to the offender that violation of the order for home detention may subject the offender to prosecution for the crime of escape under IC 35-44.1-3-4.
        (3) A requirement that the offender abide by a schedule prepared by the probation department, or by a community corrections program ordered to provide supervision of the offender's home detention, specifically setting forth the times when the offender may be absent from the offender's home and the locations the offender is allowed to be during the scheduled absences.

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        (4) A requirement that the offender is not to commit another crime during the period of home detention ordered by the court.
        (5) A requirement that the offender obtain approval from the probation department or from a community corrections program ordered to provide supervision of the offender's home detention before the offender changes residence or the schedule described in subdivision (3).
        (6) A requirement that the offender maintain:
            (A) a working telephone in the offender's home; and
            (B) if ordered by the court, a monitoring device in the offender's home or on the offender's person, or both.
        (7) A requirement that the offender pay a home detention fee set by the court in addition to the probation user's fee required under IC 35-38-2-1 or IC 31-40. However, the fee set under this subdivision may not exceed the maximum fee specified by the department of correction under IC 11-12-2-12.
        (8) A requirement that the offender abide by other conditions of probation set by the court under IC 35-38-2-2.3.
        (9) A requirement that an offender:
            (A) who is convicted of an offense described in IC 10-13-6-10; IC 10-13-6-10(a);
            (B) who has not previously provided a DNA sample in accordance with IC 10-13-6; and
            (C) whose sentence does not involve a commitment to the department of correction;
        provide a DNA sample.

SOURCE: IC 35-38-2.6-3; (13)SB0002.1.8. -->     SECTION 8. IC 35-38-2.6-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.173-2006, SECTION 29, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3. (a) The court may, at the time of sentencing, suspend the sentence and order a person to be placed in a community corrections program as an alternative to commitment to the department of correction. The court may impose reasonable terms on the placement. A court shall require a person:
        (1) convicted of an offense who is described in IC 10-13-6-10; IC 10-13-6-10(a);
        (2) who has not previously provided a DNA sample in accordance with IC 10-13-6; and
        (3) whose sentence does not involve a commitment to the department of correction;
to provide a DNA sample as a term of placement.
    (b) Placement in a community corrections program under this chapter is subject to the availability of residential beds or home

detention units in a community corrections program.
    (c) A person placed under this chapter is responsible for the person's own medical care while in the placement program.
    (d) Placement under this chapter is subject to the community corrections program receiving a written presentence report or memorandum from a county probation agency.