MS HB1088

Requires all persons 18 years or older arrested for felony crimes to provide a biological sample for DNA testing upon booking at jail or detention facilities.

Mandates the Mississippi Crime Lab or Department of Public Safety-designated entity to analyze samples and maintain results according to federal guidelines and standard protocols.

Requires court clerks to notify the Crime Lab of case dispositions, with samples and records destroyed if charges are dismissed or defendant acquitted, unless other pending warrants or convictions justify retention.

Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized DNA data bank dissemination (misdemeanor, up to $500 fine or 30 days jail), misuse of data (misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine or 6 months jail), and unauthorized sample obtaining (felony, up to $1,000 fine or 2 years in Department of Corrections).

Effective date is July 1, 2013.