West Virginia Senate Bill 556

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Referred to Finance
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is modify the way that DNA that is maintained for law-enforcement purposes in West Virginia. The bill provides updates for the policy of maintaining DNA. The bill requires DNA testing of all persons convicted of felonies and certain misdemeanors. The bill updates definitions. The bill adds language to further define and include qualified arrestees in the state DNA database. The bill requires testing of qualified arrestees on intake. The bill provides for testing methods. The bill authorizes emergency and requiring legislative rules. The bill specifies expungement for qualified arrestees in certain circumstances. Finally, the bill provides for failure to expunge or reasonable delay in expungement will not invalidate an identification, warrant, probable cause to arrest or arrest based upon a database match.

Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes

Sen. Mike Oliverio [R]	Sen. Vince Deeds [R]	Sen. Mark Hunt [D]	Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]
Sen. Tom Takubo [R]	Sen. Eric Tarr [R]	Sen. Charles Trump [R]	Sen. Ryan Weld [R]
Sen. Robert Plymale [D]	Sen. Michael Maroney [R]	Sen. Jack Woodrum [R]	Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	Senate	Referred to Finance
2024-02-13	Senate	Committee substitute reported
2024-01-25	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-01-25	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-25	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-01-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB4627 (Similar To) 2024-01-25 - House rejected (Roll No. 38)

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Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=556&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=556
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=556
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=893600144