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IN SB0241
Bill
Status
1/9/2014
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Zakas
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AI Summary
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Requires juvenile courts to order children adjudicated as delinquent for burglary, residential entry, crimes of violence, or sex offenses to provide DNA samples to the supervising agency or county sheriff.
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Expands the Indiana DNA database to include DNA profiles from delinquent children, in addition to convicted criminals and crime scene specimens.
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Allows DNA samples from delinquent children to be tested and analyzed at any time, or must be performed if federal funds become available.
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Permits expungement of a delinquent child's DNA profile from the state and national databases if the adjudication is reversed and the case is dismissed.
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Makes tampering with DNA samples collected under the law a Level 6 felony, effective July 1, 2014.
Legislative Description
Use of DNA evidence.
Last Action
First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
1/9/2014