Requires county medical examiners or coroners to give the state police forensic laboratory DNA samples of unidentified dead or alive and missing persons upon request
Summary
Requires county medical examiners or coroners to give the state police forensic laboratory DNA samples of deceased persons or unidentified body parts for the purpose of classification and for the state police to forward the samples to the state division of criminal justice services for the purpose of comparison to attempt to determine identity and for the purpose of filing; provides for the forwarding of records to the National Crime Information Center upon such center adopting a policy to accept such records.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Last action Jan 3, 2024
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Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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