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HOUSE BILL NO. 428 – DNA samples, collection

HOUSE BILL NO. 428

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H0428........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                Requested by: Department of Law Enforcement
DNA SAMPLES - COLLECTION - Amends existing law to remove references to
genetic marker, to provide for forwarding and collection of DNA samples
pursuant to rules adopted by the Bureau of Forensic Services and to provide
for sampling methodology in addition to blood draws.

01/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/12    Rpt prt - to Jud
01/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1
      AYES -- Alexander, Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
      Bivens, Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell,
      Chase, Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, McKague, Meyer,
      Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
      Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Jones(9)
    Floor Sponsor - Clark
    Title apvd - to Senate
01/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Sweeney, Thorne,
      Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Riggs, Stennett, Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Deide
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    To enrol
03/17    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18    Pres signed - to Governor
03/19    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 123
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0428

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 428

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                       Requested by: Department of Law Enforcement

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO DNA AND GENETIC MARKER DATABASE ACT  OF  1996;  AMENDING
 3        THE  CHAPTER  HEADING  OF  CHAPTER  55,  TITLE  19,  IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE
 4        "GENETIC MARKER";  AMENDING SECTION 19-5505, IDAHO CODE, TO  PROVIDE  COR-
 5        RECT  TERMINOLOGY;  AMENDING SECTION 19-5507, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE INCOR-
 6        RECT TERMINOLOGY AND REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION 19-5509, IDAHO CODE,  TO
 7        PROVIDE  FOR GENETIC TESTING OF SAMPLES IN ADDITION TO BLOOD AND TO ELIMI-
 8        NATE REFERENCES TO THE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FOR GENETIC  MARKERS;  AMENDING
 9        SECTION  19-5511,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR FORWARDING AND WITHDRAWAL OF
10        DNA SAMPLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES ADOPTED BY  THE  BUREAU  OF  FORENSIC
11        SERVICES  AND  TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 19-5514,
12        IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE TERMINOLOGY, TO  DELETE  OBSOLETE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
13        PUBLIC  DISCLOSURE OF METHODOLOGY PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DNA TESTING
14        AND CONSIDERATION OF PEER REVIEW AND VALIDATION STUDIES AND TO  CORRECT  A
15        CODE  CITATION; AND AMENDING SECTION 19-5517, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE INCOR-
16        RECT TERMINOLOGY.

17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

18        SECTION 1.  That the heading of Chapter 55, Title 19, Idaho Code, be,  and
19    the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

20                                      CHAPTER 55
21          THE IDAHO DNA  AND GENETIC MARKER  DATABASE ACT OF 1996

22        SECTION  2.  That  Section 19-5505, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
23    amended to read as follows:

24        19-5505.  USE OF THE STATE DATABANK AND DATABASE -- DUTIES  OF  BUREAU  OF
25    FORENSIC  SERVICES.  (1) The bureau of forensic services shall perform or con-
26    tract for DNA analysis  and other genetic typing analysis  for  law
27    enforcement purposes.
28        (2)  The  bureau  of forensic services shall serve as a repository for DNA
29    samples collected and shall analyze samples, or  contract  for  analysis,  and
30    shall store, compile, correlate, maintain and use DNA  and genetic marker
31     profiles and records related to:
32        (a)  Forensic casework;
33        (b)  Offenders required to provide samples under this chapter;
34        (c)  The identification and location of missing persons; and
35        (d)  Anonymous DNA records used for research or quality control.
36        (3)  A  match  between  evidence DNA samples from a criminal investigation
37    and DNA samples from a state or federal database may be used to sustain proba-
38    ble cause for the arrest of a suspect upon application for a warrant.
39        (4)  The  genetic markers   DNA profile  may also be
40    used at trial as evidence, provided that the evidence is otherwise  admissible
41    at  trial.  The  genetic markers   DNA profile  may also


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 1    be used in developing statistical calculations of populations frequencies.

 2        SECTION 3.  That Section 19-5507, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 3    amended to read as follows:

 4        19-5507.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION -- TIMING OF SAMPLE COLLEC-
 5    TION  --  SITE FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION. (1) A court shall order a DNA sample and
 6    thumbprint impression to be taken after conviction and  before  sentencing  of
 7    any person upon application by the prosecuting attorney, the attorney general,
 8    or  the  department of law enforcement upon a showing that early collection of
 9    such samples will be in the best interest of justice. The DNA samples shall be
10    collected in accordance with procedures established by the bureau of  forensic
11    services.  The  director may designate a state or county correctional facility
12    for sample collection.
13        (2)  Any person, including any juvenile  tried  as  an  adult,  who  comes
14    within  the  terms of this chapter, and who is granted probation or who serves
15    an entire term of confinement in a state or county facility, or who  otherwise
16    bypasses  a  prison  inmate  reception center shall, prior to physical release
17    from custody, be required to provide a DNA sample and thumbprint impression at
18    a department of law enforcement designated sample collection location. If  the
19    person  is  not  incarcerated at the time of sentencing, the court shall order
20    the person to report within ten (10) working days to the facilities designated
21    for the collection of such specimens.
22        (3)  The chief administrative officer of  any  state  or  local  detention
23    facility,  jail  or  other  facility  shall  cause a DNA sample and thumbprint
24    impression to be collected from the person subject to this chapter during  the
25    intake  process at the facility, or immediately thereafter at another facility
26    designated for such collection, if DNA samples previously have not been  taken
27    pursuant to this chapter.
28        (4)  The director of the department of correction shall cause a DNA sample
29    and thumbprint impression to be collected from any person subject to the terms
30    of  this  chapter  who has been sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a
31    state correctional institution and who has not had a    complete  set  of
32      DNA sample s  taken after conviction and before sentencing.
33    The DNA sample and thumbprint impression shall be collected  from  the  person
34    during  the  intake process at the reception center designated by the director
35    of the department of correction as soon as possible.
36        (5)  Any person subject to the terms of this chapter who is serving a term
37    of imprisonment or confinement, and who did not, for any reason, provide a DNA
38    sample or thumbprint impression for analysis by the bureau  of  forensic  ser-
39    vices,  shall  submit  to  such tests as soon as practicable, but in any event
40    prior to  final discharge, parole, or release from  imprisonment  or  confine-
41    ment.  A  person who was convicted prior to the effective date of this chapter
42    is not exempt from these requirements.
43        (6)  As a condition of probation or parole,  any  person  subject  to  the
44    terms  of  this  chapter and who has not previously submitted a DNA sample and
45    thumbprint impression, shall upon notice by a law  enforcement  agency  or  an
46    agent of the department of correction, be required to provide a DNA sample and
47    thumbprint  impression  if it has been determined that such  sample and thumb-
48    print impression are not in the possession of the bureau of forensic services.
49    That person is required to have the sample and  impression  taken  within  ten
50    (10) working days at the designated county or state facility.
51        (7)  When  the  state  accepts  an  offender  from another state under any
52    interstate compact, or under any other reciprocal agreement with  any  county,
53    state  or  federal  agency,  or any other provision of law, whether or not the


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 1    offender is confined  or  released,  the  acceptance  is  conditional  on  the
 2    offender  providing a DNA sample and thumbprint impression if the offender was
 3    convicted of an offense which would qualify as a crime  described  in  section
 4    19-5506,  Idaho  Code,  if  committed in this state, or if the person was con-
 5    victed of an equivalent offense in any other  jurisdiction.  If  the  offender
 6    from  another  state  is  not confined, the samples and impression required by
 7    this chapter must be provided within ten (10) working days after the  offender
 8    reports  to the supervising agent or within ten (10) working days of notice to
 9    the offender, whichever occurs first. The person shall  report  to  the  
10    department  of  law enforcement's  designated sample collection facility
11    or facilities to have the sample and impression taken. If  the  offender  from
12    another  state  is confined, he or she shall provide the DNA sample and thumb-
13    print impression as soon as practicable after receipt in  a  state  or  county
14    correctional  facility or other facility, and, in any event, before completion
15    of the person's term of imprisonment, if that person is to be discharged.
16        (8)  Any inmate serving a term of incarceration for committing an  offense
17    listed in section 19-5506, Idaho Code, who is released on parole, furlough, or
18    other  release,  and  is returned to a state or local correctional institution
19    for a violation of a condition of that release, and that inmate has not previ-
20    ously provided a DNA sample and thumbprint impression, shall provide a  sample
21    and impression upon returning to the state correctional institution.

22        SECTION  4.  That  Section 19-5509, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
23    amended to read as follows:

24        19-5509.  GENETIC TESTING OF  BLOOD  SAMPLES GIVEN FOR  ANOTHER
25    PURPOSE. If a person has been convicted of a crime as provided by this chapter
26    and  has given a DNA sample or samples to law enforcement for any purpose, the
27    bureau of forensic services is authorized to  analyze  such    sample  or
28      samples    for genetic markers, including   for 
29    DNA ,   markers,    and    including    
30    include    the   genetic   DNA  profiles from such
31    samples in the state's convicted felon DNA databank and databases. This provi-
32    sion applies whether the DNA sample originally collected was from a sexual  or
33    violent  offender  pursuant  to the databank and database program, and whether
34    the crime committed predated the effective date of this chapter, or any amend-
35    ments thereto. This provision does not relieve a person subject to  the  terms
36    of this chapter from giving a DNA sample and thumbprint impression for the DNA
37    databank and database.

38        SECTION  5.  That  Section 19-5511, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
39    amended to read as follows:

40        19-5511.  COLLECTION AND FORWARDING OF SAMPLES  --  LIABILITY  --  USE  OF
41    FORCE.  (1) The director of the department of correction or the chief adminis-
42    trative officer of the detention facility, jail, other facility at  which  the
43    DNA  sample and thumbprint impression were collected shall forward the samples
44    and impressions to the bureau of forensic services   no  later  than  ten
45    (10)  working  days  after  the  date  of collection   according to
46    requirements set forth in the bureau of forensic services rules .
47        (2)  The bureau of forensic services  shall  provide  all  specimen  
48    vials      collection  materials  , thumbprint cards, mailing
49    tubes, envelopes, labels and instructions for the collection  of  the  samples
50    and  thumbprint  impressions. The DNA samples and thumbprint impressions shall
51    thereafter be forwarded to the bureau of forensic  services  for  analysis  of


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 1    DNA .   and other genetic typing. 
 2        (3)   The withdrawal of DNA samples shall be performed in a medically
 3    approved  manner.  Only  a  physician,  registered  nurse, licensed vocational
 4    nurse, duly licensed clinical  laboratory  technologist,  clinical  laboratory
 5    bioanalyst  or  trained phlebotomist may withdraw the DNA samples  
 6    The bureau of forensic services shall adopt rules specifying how  DNA  samples
 7    are to be taken .
 8         (4)   The right thumbprint impression shall be taken on a form
 9    prescribed by the department of law enforcement.
10        (  5  4 )  No person or governmental agency shall be
11    subject to civil or criminal liability  for    withdrawing  blood  
12      obtaining DNA samples  or obtaining thumbprint impressions absent
13    a showing of reckless disregard for medically accepted practices or a  showing
14    of malice.
15        (  6   5 )  Duly authorized law enforcement and cor-
16    rection personnel shall employ reasonable force in cases where  an  individual
17    who is incarcerated refuses or resists submission to procedures for collecting
18    a  DNA  sample  or  thumbprint  impression  authorized by this chapter, and no
19    employee shall be subject to criminal or civil liability  for  the  reasonable
20    use of force absent a showing of malice.

21        SECTION  6.  That  Section 19-5514, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        19-5514.  LIMITATIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (1) All  DNA  profiles
24    retained  by the bureau of forensic services pursuant to this chapter shall be
25    treated as confidential as provided by section 9-340 (47)  ,  Idaho
26    Code.
27        (2)  The  DNA    and other genetic typing  information shall be
28    filed with the offender's file maintained by the department  of  law  enforce-
29    ment.
30        (3)  The  DNA   and other genetic typing  information shall not
31    be included in the state summary criminal history information.
32        (4)  The DNA  and other genetic typing  information, and thumb-
33    print impressions, shall be released only to law enforcement agencies, includ-
34    ing, but not limited to, parole officers  of  the  department  of  correction,
35    hearing  officers of the parole authority, and prosecuting attorneys' offices,
36    at the request of the agency, except as specified in this chapter.  Dissemina-
37    tion  of  this  information to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attor-
38    neys' offices outside the state shall be done in conformity  with  the  provi-
39    sions of this chapter.
40        (5)  Any  person who, by virtue of employment or official position, or any
41    person contracting to carry out any function under this chapter, including any
42    officers, employees and agents of such contractor who  has  possession  of  or
43    access  to  individual identifiable DNA information contained in the state DNA
44    database or databank and who willfully discloses such information in any  man-
45    ner  to  any person or agency not entitled to receive it is guilty of a misde-
46    meanor.
47        (6)  Furnishing DNA  or other genetic typing    information  or
48    thumbprint comparison results to defense counsel for criminal defense purposes
49    in compliance with discovery is not a violation of this section.
50        (7)  It  is  not a violation of this section to disseminate statistical or
51    research information obtained  from  the  offender's  file,  the  computerized
52    databank system, or any of the bureau of forensic services' databases provided
53    that  the  subject of the file is not identified and cannot be identified from


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 1    the information disclosed. It is also not  a  violation  of  this  section  to
 2    include  information obtained from a file in a transcript or record of a judi-
 3    cial proceeding or in any other public record when the inclusion of the infor-
 4    mation in the public record is authorized by a court, statute or case law.
 5         (8)  The bureau of forensic services shall make public the methodol-
 6    ogy and procedures to be used in its DNA program prior to the commencement  of
 7    DNA  testing  in  its  laboratories.  The  department of law enforcement shall
 8    review and consider on an ongoing basis the findings and results of  any  peer
 9    review  and validation studies submitted to the bureau of forensic services by
10    members of the relevant scientific community experienced in  the  use  of  DNA
11    technology. 

12        SECTION  7.  That  Section 19-5517, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13    amended to read as follows:

14        19-5517.  OPERATION WITH EXISTING LAW  --  AUTHORITY  OF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
15    OFFICERS. Nothing in this chapter shall limit or abrogate any existing author-
16    ity  of law enforcement officers to take, maintain, store and use DNA  or
17    other genetic markers   information   or  thumbprint  impres-
18    sions for law enforcement purposes.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact








    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
    RS07309C1
    
    
    The purpose of this bill is to amend Chapter 55, Title 19 Idaho Code to allow the department of 
    law enforcement to be more responsive to technology changes concerning the collection of DNA 
    samples from certain convicted felons. Language currently in Idaho Code ties sample collection 
    specifically to blood draws. Other, less invasive and equally reliable techniques for collection are 
    available. The amendment will allow the DLE to determine the type and methodology of sample 
    collection without requiring a statutory change each time the technology changes.
    
                               FISCAL IMPACT
    
    This proposed amendment requires no additional funding by the State of Idaho, nor does it 
    reduce current cost estimates for collection and processing. It will certainly save on 
    administrative costs of continually amending the law to keep up with technology changes and 
    allow some latitude in electing methodology. Potential savings may be realized in the area of 
    anticipated costs for litigation, as sample collection techniques other than the blood draw can be 
    used.
    
    
    CONTACT
    Name: Ann Thompson, Special Assistant
    Agency: Department of Law Enforcement
    Phone: 884-7000
    Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
    
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