ENROLLED
ACT No. 502
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 221
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2405.4(A) and (C), relative to peace officers; to provide
3 relative to the submission of DNA samples; to provide relative to the storage of DNA
4 samples; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:2405.4(A) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง2405.4. Additional requirements of peace officers
9 A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person being
10 hired as a peace officer with a law enforcement agency on or after August 15, 2003,
11 shall provide the law enforcement agency with a sample of his DNA material and
12 fingerprint prior to the commencement of the discharge of his duties. The law
13 enforcement agency shall submit the DNA material to the appropriate criminal
14 laboratory for testing. The law enforcement agency shall also conduct a criminal
15 background check of any peace officer it employs after August 15, 2003.
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17 C. Any person hired as a peace officer with a law enforcement agency on or
18 after August 15, 2003, shall have his DNA tested by the taking of a biological
19 sample collected and the biological sample stored. A person currently employed as
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1 a peace officer may authorize that his DNA be tested by the taking of a biological
2 sample.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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