STATE OF NEW YORK
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2042
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, GALLIVAN, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet
and Technology
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to requiring individuals arrested in connection with certain
felonies to submit a DNA sample
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 995 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
3 7-a. "Felony arrestee" means a person arrested and charged with any
4 one or more of the following felonies, or an attempt thereof where such
5 attempt is a felony offense, as defined in sections 130.25, 130.30,
6 130.35, 130.53, 130.65, 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75, 130.80, 130.95
7 and 130.96 of the penal law, relating to sex offenses; and the victim is
8 less than thirteen years old.
9 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 995-c of the executive law is amended by
10 adding four new paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
11 (c) A felony arrestee shall be required to provide a sample appropri-
12 ate for DNA testing upon their arrest, unless such felony arrestee has
13 previously provided a sample that is included in the state DNA identifi-
14 cation index.
15 (d) A public servant to whose custody a designated offender or felony
16 arrestee who has not yet provided a DNA sample has been committed shall
17 seek an order of the court to collect such sample if the offender, after
18 written or oral request, refuses to provide such sample.
19 (e) The detention, arrest, indictment or conviction of a person based
20 upon DNA records contained in the state DNA identification index shall
21 not be invalidated if it is later determined that the division of crimi-
22 nal justice services inadvertently, but in good faith, collected or
23 placed the person's DNA sample in the index.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (f) The commissioner of criminal justice services shall promulgate
2 rules and regulations governing the periodic review of the DNA identifi-
3 cation index to determine whether or not the index contains DNA profiles
4 that should not be in the index, including the steps necessary to
5 expunge any profiles which the division of criminal justice services
6 determines should not be in the index.
7 § 3. Subdivision 9 of section 995-c of the executive law, as amended
8 by chapter 524 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
9 9. (a) Upon receipt of notification of a reversal or a vacatur of a
10 conviction, or of the granting of a pardon pursuant to article two-A of
11 this chapter, of an individual whose DNA record has been stored in the
12 state DNA identification index in accordance with this article by the
13 division of criminal justice services, the DNA record shall be expunged
14 from the state DNA identification index, and such individual may apply
15 to the court in which the judgment of conviction was originally entered
16 for an order directing the expungement of any DNA record and any
17 samples, analyses, or other documents relating to the DNA testing of
18 such individual in connection with the investigation or prosecution of
19 the crime which resulted in the conviction that was reversed or vacated
20 or for which the pardon was granted. A copy of such application shall be
21 served on the district attorney and an order directing expungement may
22 be granted if the court finds that all appeals relating to the
23 conviction have been concluded; that such individual will not be
24 retried, or, if a retrial has occurred, the trier of fact has rendered a
25 verdict of complete acquittal, and that expungement will not adversely
26 affect the investigation or prosecution of some other person or persons
27 for the crime. The division shall, by rule or regulation, prescribe
28 procedures to ensure that the DNA record in the state DNA identification
29 index, and any samples, analyses, or other documents relating to such
30 record, whether in the possession of the division, or any law enforce-
31 ment or police agency, or any forensic DNA laboratory, including any
32 duplicates or copies thereof, at the discretion of the possessor there-
33 of, are either destroyed or returned to such individual, or to the
34 attorney who represented [him or her] such individual at the time such
35 reversal, vacatur or pardon, was granted. The commissioner shall also
36 adopt by rule and regulation a procedure for the expungement in other
37 appropriate circumstances of DNA records contained in the index.
38 (b) As prescribed in this paragraph, if an individual, either volun-
39 tarily, pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of this section,
40 or pursuant to a warrant or order of a court, has provided a sample for
41 DNA testing in connection with the investigation, arrest or prosecution
42 of a crime and (i) no criminal action against the individual relating to
43 such crime was commenced within the period specified by section 30.10 of
44 the criminal procedure law, or (ii) a criminal action was commenced
45 against the individual relating to such crime which resulted in a
46 complete acquittal, or (iii) a criminal action was commenced against the
47 individual relating to such crime [resulted in a conviction that was
48 subsequently reversed or vacated, or for which the individual was grant-
49 ed a pardon pursuant to article two-A of this chapter, such individual
50 may apply to the supreme court or the court in which the judgment of
51 conviction was originally entered for an order directing the expungement
52 of any DNA record and any samples, analyses, or other documents relating
53 to the DNA testing of such individual in connection with the investi-
54 gation or prosecution of such crime. A copy of such application shall be
55 served on the district attorney and an order directing expungement may
56 be granted if the court finds that the individual has satisfied the
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1 conditions of one of the subparagraphs of this paragraph; that if a
2 judgment of conviction was reversed or vacated, all appeals relating
3 thereto have been concluded and the individual will not be retried, or,
4 if a retrial has occurred, the trier of fact has rendered a verdict of
5 complete acquittal, and that expungement will not adversely affect the
6 investigation or prosecution of some other person or persons for the
7 crime. If an order directing the expungement of any DNA record and any
8 samples, analyses or other documents relating to the DNA testing of such
9 individual is issued] which was resolved by a dismissal, successful
10 completion of a pre-prosecution diversion program, or conditional
11 discharge or misdemeanor conviction that did not require DNA collection
12 pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-five of this article, the DNA
13 record shall be expunged from the state DNA identification index. An
14 individual may request expungement of any DNA record and any samples,
15 analyses or other documents relating to the DNA testing of such individ-
16 ual by providing the following materials to the division of criminal
17 justice services:
18 (1) a written request for expungement of the sample and DNA records;
19 and
20 (2) a certified copy of the dismissal, successful completion of a
21 pre-prosecution diversion program or a conditional discharge, misdemea-
22 nor conviction or acquittal; and
23 (3) a sworn statement from the district attorney's office with juris-
24 diction over the matter that: the case was dismissed; a pre-prosecution
25 diversion program or conditional discharge, misdemeanor conviction
26 excluded from DNA collection pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-
27 five of this article or acquittal occurred; no felony charges arose out
28 of the arrest; or no criminal action against the individual relating to
29 such crime was commenced within the period specified by section 30.10 of
30 the criminal procedure law; and that expungement will not adversely
31 affect the investigation or prosecution of some other person or persons
32 for the crime.
33 (c) If expungement is warranted pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of
34 this subdivision, such record and any samples, analyses, or other docu-
35 ments shall, at the discretion of the possessor thereof, be destroyed or
36 returned to such individual or to the attorney who represented [him or
37 her] the individual in the criminal action or in connection with the
38 [application for the order of] request for expungement.
39 (d) No expungement shall be granted where an individual has a prior
40 conviction requiring a DNA sample, or a pending felony charge for which
41 collection of a sample is authorized pursuant to the provisions of para-
42 graph (c) of subdivision three of this section.
43 § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 120.90 of the criminal procedure law, as
44 amended by section 16 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
45 amended to read as follows:
46 6. Before bringing a defendant arrested pursuant to a warrant before
47 the local criminal court or youth part of a superior court in which such
48 warrant is returnable, a police officer must without unnecessary delay
49 perform all fingerprinting and other preliminary police duties required
50 in the particular case. In any case in which the defendant is not
51 brought by a police officer before such court but, following [his] their
52 arrest in another county for an offense specified in subdivision one of
53 section 160.10 of this title, is released by a local criminal court of
54 such other county on [his] their own recognizance or on bail for [his]
55 their appearance on a specified date before the local criminal court
56 before which the warrant is returnable, the latter court must, upon
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1 arraignment of the defendant before it, direct that [he be] they are
2 fingerprinted and have a sample appropriate for DNA testing taken, if
3 required pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-five-c of the executive
4 law, by the appropriate officer or agency, and that [he] they appear at
5 an appropriate designated time and place for such purpose.
6 § 5. Section 130.60 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
7 ter 95 of the laws of 1991, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 446 of
8 the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
9 § 130.60 Summons; fingerprinting of defendant.
10 1. Upon the arraignment of a defendant whose court attendance has been
11 secured by the issuance and service of a summons, based upon an indict-
12 ment, a prosecutor's information or upon an information, felony
13 complaint or misdemeanor complaint filed by a complainant who is a
14 police officer, the court must, if an offense charged in the accusatory
15 instrument is one specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this
16 title, direct that the defendant be fingerprinted by the appropriate
17 police officer or agency, and that [he or she] they appear at an appro-
18 priate designated time and place for such purpose. If an offense charged
19 in the accusatory instrument is one specified in subdivision seven-a of
20 section nine hundred ninety-five of the executive law, the court must
21 direct that a sample appropriate for DNA testing be taken, and that they
22 appear at an appropriate designated time and place for such purpose.
23 2. Upon the arraignment of a defendant whose court attendance has been
24 secured by the issuance and service of a summons based upon an informa-
25 tion or misdemeanor complaint filed by a complainant who is not a police
26 officer, and who has not previously been fingerprinted or from whom a
27 DNA sample has not previously been taken and was required pursuant to
28 section nine hundred ninety-five-c of the executive law, the court may,
29 if it finds reasonable cause to believe that the defendant has committed
30 an offense specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this title,
31 direct that the defendant be fingerprinted and/or have a sample appro-
32 priate for DNA testing taken, if required by section nine hundred nine-
33 ty-five-c of the executive law, by the appropriate police officer or
34 agency and that [he] they appear at an appropriate designated time and
35 place for such purpose. A defendant whose court appearance has been
36 secured by the issuance and service of a criminal summons based upon a
37 misdemeanor complaint or information filed by a complainant who is not a
38 police officer, must be directed by the court, upon conviction of the
39 defendant, to be fingerprinted and have a sample appropriate for DNA
40 testing taken, if required by section nine hundred ninety-five-c of the
41 executive law, by the appropriate police officer or agency and the court
42 must also direct that the defendant appear at an appropriate designated
43 time and place for such purpose, if the defendant is convicted of any
44 offense specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this title.
45 § 6. Subdivision 5 of section 140.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
46 amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
47 follows:
48 5. Before service of an appearance ticket upon an arrested person
49 pursuant to subdivision two or three of this section, the issuing police
50 officer must, if the offense designated in such appearance ticket is one
51 of those specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this title,
52 cause such person to be fingerprinted and have a sample appropriate for
53 DNA testing taken, if required by section nine hundred ninety-five-c of
54 the executive law, in the same manner as would be required were no
55 appearance ticket to be issued or served.
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1 § 7. Subdivision 2 of section 140.27 of the criminal procedure law, as
2 amended by section 21 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 2. Upon arresting a person without a warrant, a peace officer, except
5 as otherwise provided in subdivision three or three-a of this section,
6 must without unnecessary delay bring [him] or cause [him] such person to
7 be brought before a local criminal court, as provided in section 100.55
8 and subdivision one of section 140.20 of this title, and must without
9 unnecessary delay file or cause to be filed therewith an appropriate
10 accusatory instrument. If the offense which is the subject of the arrest
11 is one of those specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this
12 title, the arrested person must be fingerprinted and photographed, and
13 have a sample appropriate for DNA testing taken if required by section
14 nine hundred ninety-five-c of the executive law, as therein provided. In
15 order to execute the required post-arrest functions, such arresting
16 peace officer may perform such functions [himself] themselves or [he]
17 they may enlist the aid of a police officer for the performance thereof
18 in the manner provided in subdivision one of section 140.20 of this
19 article.
20 § 8. Section 150.70 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
21 ter 762 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
22 § 150.70 Appearance ticket; fingerprinting and DNA analysis sample of
23 defendant.
24 Upon the arraignment of a defendant who has not been arrested and
25 whose court attendance has been secured by the issuance and service of
26 an appearance ticket pursuant to subdivision one of section 150.20 of
27 this article, the court must, if an offense charged in the accusatory
28 instrument is one specified in subdivision one of section 160.10 of this
29 title, direct that the defendant be fingerprinted and have a sample
30 appropriate for DNA testing taken when required by section nine hundred
31 ninety-five-c of the executive law by the appropriate police officer or
32 agency, and that [he] they appear at an appropriate designated time and
33 place for such purpose.
34 § 9. Section 160.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
35 ter 108 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
36 § 160.20 Fingerprinting and DNA analysis sample; forwarding of finger-
37 prints and DNA analysis sample.
38 1. Upon the taking of fingerprints of an arrested person or defendant
39 as prescribed in section 160.10 of this article, the appropriate police
40 officer or agency must without unnecessary delay forward two copies of
41 such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services.
42 2. Upon taking a sample appropriate for DNA testing, the appropriate
43 police office or agency must without unnecessary delay store and forward
44 such DNA sample to a forensic DNA laboratory for forensic DNA testing
45 and analyses, and inclusion in the state DNA identification index in
46 accordance with subdivision five of section nine hundred ninety-five-c
47 of the executive law.
48 § 10. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 160.50 of the
49 criminal procedure law, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 449 of the
50 laws of 2015 and paragraph (e) as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of
51 1994, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
52 (d) such records shall be made available to the person accused or to
53 such person's designated agent, and shall be made available to (i) a
54 prosecutor in any proceeding in which the accused has moved for an order
55 pursuant to section 170.56 or 210.46 of this [chapter] part, or (ii) a
56 law enforcement agency upon ex parte motion in any superior court, or in
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1 any district court, city court or the criminal court of the city of New
2 York provided that such court sealed the record, if such agency demon-
3 strates to the satisfaction of the court that justice requires that such
4 records be made available to it, or (iii) any state or local officer or
5 agency with responsibility for the issuance of licenses to possess guns,
6 when the accused has made application for such a license, or (iv) the
7 New York state department of corrections and community supervision when
8 the accused is on parole supervision as a result of conditional release
9 or a parole release granted by the New York state board of parole, and
10 the arrest which is the subject of the inquiry is one which occurred
11 while the accused was under such supervision, or (v) any prospective
12 employer of a police officer or peace officer as those terms are defined
13 in subdivisions thirty-three and thirty-four of section 1.20 of this
14 chapter, in relation to an application for employment as a police offi-
15 cer or peace officer; provided, however, that every person who is an
16 applicant for the position of police officer or peace officer shall be
17 furnished with a copy of all records obtained under this paragraph and
18 afforded an opportunity to make an explanation thereto, or (vi) the
19 probation department responsible for supervision of the accused when the
20 arrest which is the subject of the inquiry is one which occurred while
21 the accused was under such supervision; [and]
22 (e) where fingerprints subject to the provisions of this section have
23 been received by the division of criminal justice services and have been
24 filed by the division as digital images, such images may be retained,
25 provided that a fingerprint card of the individual is on file with the
26 division which was not sealed pursuant to this section or section 160.55
27 of this article[.]; and
28 (f) a sample appropriate for DNA testing taken from such person pursu-
29 ant to section nine hundred ninety-five-c of the executive law, and any
30 DNA record relating to such sample, and any analyses or other documents
31 relating to such DNA sample shall be expunged, destroyed or returned in
32 accordance with subdivision nine of such section of the executive law.
33 § 11. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 160.55 of the
34 criminal procedure law, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 449 of the
35 laws of 2015 and paragraph (e) as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of
36 1994, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
37 (d) the records referred to in paragraph (c) of this subdivision shall
38 be made available to the person accused or to such person's designated
39 agent, and shall be made available to (i) a prosecutor in any proceeding
40 in which the accused has moved for an order pursuant to section 170.56
41 or 210.46 of this [chapter] part, or (ii) a law enforcement agency upon
42 ex parte motion in any superior court, or in any district court, city
43 court or the criminal court of the city of New York provided that such
44 court sealed the record, if such agency demonstrates to the satisfaction
45 of the court that justice requires that such records be made available
46 to it, or (iii) any state or local officer or agency with responsibility
47 for the issuance of licenses to possess guns, when the accused has made
48 application for such a license, or (iv) the New York state department of
49 corrections and community supervision when the accused is under parole
50 supervision as a result of conditional release or parole release granted
51 by the New York state board of parole and the arrest which is the
52 subject of the inquiry is one which occurred while the accused was under
53 such supervision, or (v) the probation department responsible for super-
54 vision of the accused when the arrest which is the subject of the
55 inquiry is one which occurred while the accused was under such super-
56 vision, or (vi) a police agency, probation department, sheriff's office,
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1 district attorney's office, department of correction of any municipality
2 and parole department, for law enforcement purposes, upon arrest in
3 instances in which the individual stands convicted of harassment in the
4 second degree, as defined in section 240.26 of the penal law, committed
5 against a member of the same family or household as the defendant, as
6 defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of this chapter, and deter-
7 mined pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section 170.10 of this title;
8 [and]
9 (e) where fingerprints subject to the provisions of this section have
10 been received by the division of criminal justice services and have been
11 filed by the division as digital images, such images may be retained,
12 provided that a fingerprint card of the individual is on file with the
13 division which was not sealed pursuant to this section or section 160.50
14 of this article[.]; and
15 (f) a sample appropriate for DNA testing taken from such person pursu-
16 ant to section nine hundred ninety-five-c of the executive law, any DNA
17 record relating to such sample, and any analyses or other documents
18 relating to such DNA sample shall be expunged, destroyed or returned in
19 accordance with subdivision nine of such section of the executive law.
20 § 12. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
21 after it shall have become a law.
