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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, GILLESPIE, SONNEY, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BISHOP, CARROLL, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARPER, HELM, HESS, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MICOZZIE, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PRESTON, QUIGLEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, TRUE, VULAKOVICH AND WALKO, FEBRUARY 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for policy and for |
3 | DNA sample; providing for collection from persons accepted |
4 | from other jurisdictions; and further providing for |
5 | procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission of DNA |
6 | samples and for expungement. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 2302(2) of Title 44 of the Pennsylvania |
10 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
11 | § 2302. Policy. |
12 | The General Assembly finds and declares that: |
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14 | (2) Several states have enacted laws requiring persons |
15 | arrested, charged or convicted of certain crimes, especially |
16 | sex offenses, to provide genetic samples for DNA profiling. |
17 | * * * |
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1 | Section 2. Section 2316 heading, (a) and (b)(3) are amended |
2 | and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
3 | § 2316. DNA sample required upon arrest, conviction, |
4 | delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases. |
5 | (a) [General rule] Conviction or adjudication.--A person who |
6 | is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a felony sex offense |
7 | or other specified offense or who is or remains incarcerated for |
8 | a felony sex offense or other specified offense on or after the |
9 | effective date of this chapter shall have a DNA sample drawn as |
10 | follows: |
11 | (1) A person who is sentenced or receives a delinquency |
12 | disposition to a term of confinement for an offense covered |
13 | by this subsection shall have a DNA sample drawn upon intake |
14 | to a prison, jail or juvenile detention facility or any other |
15 | detention facility or institution. If the person is already |
16 | confined at the time of sentencing or adjudication, the |
17 | person shall have a DNA sample drawn immediately after the |
18 | sentencing or adjudication. If a DNA sample is not timely |
19 | drawn in accordance with this section, the DNA sample may be |
20 | drawn any time thereafter by the prison, jail, juvenile |
21 | detention facility, detention facility or institution. |
22 | (2) A person who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent |
23 | for an offense covered by this subsection shall have a DNA |
24 | sample drawn as a condition for any sentence or adjudication |
25 | which disposition will not involve an intake into a prison, |
26 | jail, juvenile detention facility or any other detention |
27 | facility or institution. |
28 | (3) Under no circumstances shall a person who is |
29 | convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an offense covered by |
30 | this subsection be released in any manner after such |
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1 | disposition unless and until a DNA sample has been |
2 | [withdrawn] drawn. |
3 | (b) Condition of release, probation or parole.-- |
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5 | (3) This chapter shall apply to incarcerated persons and |
6 | persons on probation or parole who were convicted or |
7 | adjudicated delinquent for other specified offenses prior to |
8 | the effective date of this paragraph[.] whether or not the |
9 | offense for which the person is currently imprisoned or under |
10 | probation or parole supervision is a felony sex offense or |
11 | other specified offense. |
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13 | (c.1) Criminal charge or arrest.--Any person who is charged |
14 | or arrested as an adult for a felony sex offense or other |
15 | specified offense shall have a DNA sample drawn as follows: |
16 | (1) Any adult person arrested for a felony sex offense |
17 | or other specified felony shall provide a DNA sample and |
18 | fingerprints as required under this chapter immediately |
19 | following arrest, during booking or intake or as soon as |
20 | administratively practical after arrest but no later than |
21 | prior to release on bail or pending trial or any other |
22 | physical release from confinement or custody. |
23 | (2) If for any reason a person subject to this chapter |
24 | did not have DNA samples and fingerprints taken under |
25 | paragraph (1) or otherwise bypasses the State or county |
26 | prison system, the court shall order the person to report |
27 | within five calendar days to prison, jail unit, juvenile |
28 | facility or other facility to be specified by the court to |
29 | provide DNA samples and fingerprints in accordance with this |
30 | chapter. |
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2 | Section 3. Title 44 is amended by adding a section to read: |
3 | § 2316.1. Collection from persons accepted from other |
4 | jurisdictions. |
5 | (a) Conditional acceptance.--When a person is accepted into |
6 | this Commonwealth for supervision from another jurisdiction |
7 | through the Interstate Compact for Supervision of Adult |
8 | Offenders or under any other reciprocal agreement with any |
9 | Federal, state or county agency, or any other provision of law, |
10 | whether or not the person is confined or released, the |
11 | acceptance shall be conditioned on the offender providing DNA |
12 | samples under this chapter if the offender has a record of any |
13 | past or present conviction or adjudication that is substantially |
14 | similar to a felony sex offense or other specified offense from |
15 | any Federal, state or military court. Additional DNA samples |
16 | shall not be required if a DNA sample is currently on file with |
17 | CODIS or the DNA record. |
18 | (b) Time period.-- |
19 | (1) If the person accepted under subsection (a) is not |
20 | confined, the DNA sample and fingerprints required by this |
21 | chapter shall be provided within five calendar days after the |
22 | person reports to the supervising agent or within five |
23 | calendar days of notice to the person, whichever occurs |
24 | first. The person shall appear and the DNA samples shall be |
25 | collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. |
26 | (2) If the person accepted under subsection (a) is |
27 | confined, the person shall provide the DNA sample and |
28 | fingerprints required by this chapter as soon as practical |
29 | after receipt in a facility in this Commonwealth. |
30 | Section 4. Sections 2317(a)(1) and 2321(a) and (b) are |
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1 | amended to read: |
2 | § 2317. Procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission |
3 | of DNA samples. |
4 | (a) Drawing of DNA samples.-- |
5 | (1) Each DNA sample required to be drawn pursuant to |
6 | [section] sections 2316 (relating to DNA sample required upon |
7 | arrest, conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD |
8 | cases) and 2316.1 (relating to collection from persons |
9 | accepted from other jurisdictions) from persons who are |
10 | incarcerated or confined shall be drawn at the place of |
11 | incarceration or confinement as provided for in section 2316. |
12 | DNA samples from persons who are not ordered or sentenced to |
13 | a term of confinement shall be drawn at a prison, jail unit, |
14 | juvenile facility or other facility to be specified by the |
15 | court. Only those individuals qualified to draw DNA samples |
16 | in a medically approved manner shall draw a DNA sample to be |
17 | submitted for DNA analysis. Such sample and the set of |
18 | fingerprints provided for in paragraph (2) shall be delivered |
19 | to the State Police within 48 hours of drawing the sample. |
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21 | § 2321. Expungement. |
22 | (a) General rule.-- |
23 | (1) A person whose DNA sample, record or profile has |
24 | been included in the State DNA Data Bank or the State DNA |
25 | Data Base pursuant to the former DNA Act, former 42 Pa.C.S. |
26 | Ch. 47 (relating to DNA data and testing) or this chapter may |
27 | request expungement [on the grounds that the conviction or |
28 | delinquency adjudication on which the authority for including |
29 | that person's DNA sample, record or profile was based has |
30 | been reversed and the case dismissed or that the DNA sample, |
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1 | record or profile was included in the State DNA Data Bank or |
2 | the State DNA Data Base by mistake.] if the person files the |
3 | request in writing with the State Police and any of the |
4 | following apply: |
5 | (i) The State Police receive, for each conviction of |
6 | the person of an offense the basis of which that analysis |
7 | was or could have been included in the State DNA Data |
8 | Bank or the State DNA Data Base, a certified copy of a |
9 | final court order establishing that the conviction has |
10 | been overturned. |
11 | (ii) The person has not been convicted of an offense |
12 | the basis of which that analysis was or could have been |
13 | included in the State DNA Data Bank or the State DNA Data |
14 | Base and the State Police receive, for each charge |
15 | against the person the basis of which the analysis was or |
16 | could have been included in the State DNA Data Bank or |
17 | the State DNA Data Base, a certified copy of a final |
18 | court order establishing that the charge has been |
19 | dismissed or has resulted in an acquittal or that no |
20 | charge was filed within the applicable time period. |
21 | (iii) The State Police receive clear and convincing |
22 | proof that the DNA sample, record or profile was included |
23 | in the State DNA Data Bank or the State DNA Data Base by |
24 | mistake. |
25 | (2) For purposes of this section, a court order is not |
26 | "final" if time remains for an appeal or application for |
27 | discretionary review with respect to the order. |
28 | (b) Duty of State Police.--The State Police shall purge all |
29 | records and identifiable information in the State DNA Data Bank |
30 | or State DNA Data Base pertaining to the person and destroy each |
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1 | sample, record and profile from the person upon[: |
2 | (1) receipt of a written request for expungement |
3 | pursuant to this section and a certified copy of the final |
4 | court order reversing and dismissing the conviction; or |
5 | (2) clear and convincing proof that the sample record or |
6 | profile was included by mistake.] receipt of the applicable |
7 | documents and other materials required in subsection (a). |
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9 | Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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