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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1493 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1554 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Michael O. Moore |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael O. MooreSecond WorcesterSusannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/25/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/26/2023Anne M. GobiWorcester and Hampshire2/22/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1493 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1554 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1554) of Michael O. Moore, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Susannah M. Whipps, Jack Patrick Lewis and Anne M. Gobi for legislation relative to lawfully |
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| 20 | 20 | | owed DNA. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 The crime laboratory within the department of state police shall conduct an audit of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2offender DNA profiles included on the state DNA databank system in order to identify the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3number of DNA profiles missing from the databank which should have been collected pursuant |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4to section 3 of chapter 22E of the General Laws. The crime laboratory shall support this effort as |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5necessary to comply with reporting deadlines. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 The audit shall initiate with offender DNA samples required to be collected under section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 73 of chapter 22E and shall include those offenders who would have been covered under |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8retroactive provisions of the law that require DNA samples from persons, regardless of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9conviction date, as provided by the statute. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 A preliminary report, including the overall number of estimated missing DNA samples |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11shall be filed with the legislature no later than December 15, 2023 or within 90 days of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12enactment of this section. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 A final report shall include additional details, including but not limited to, types of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14offenses for which DNA samples are owed and an overview of where collection failures |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15occurred. The final report shall be submitted no later than December 15, 2023. Thereafter, an |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16annual audit shall be completed and reported to the clerks of the senate and house of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17representatives no later than December 15 of each year. |
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