HB 2572: DNA collection; testing; felony arrests

Sponsor: Representative Blackman, LD 6

House Engrossed

Overview

Outlines the instances in which Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing is required following an arrest or conviction.

History

A person convicted of a crime and sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections, the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, a county detention facility or a county juvenile detention facility may be subject to DNA testing. This also applies to people on probation, including those on probation under an interstate compact (A.R.S.   13-610). However, these individuals are only subject to DNA testing if they are convicted of the following crimes:

1)   Any felony offense;

2)   Any offense that requires a person to register as a sex offender;

3)   Public sexual indecency;

4)   Specified prostitution offenses; or

5)   Unlawfully portraying an adult as a minor (A.R.S.   13-610).

Provisions

1.   Requires the court to order a juvenile arrested for a felony offense or certain sexual offenses to report within five days to the specified law enforcement agency to submit a sample for DNA testing and extraction. (Sec. 1)

2.   Requires a law enforcement agency to collect a sample for DNA testing and extraction from any person arrested for a felony offense and specified sexual offenses. (Sec. 2)

3.   States if a person is released on the person's own recognizance or bail, and the person was arrested for a felony offense or certain sexual offenses, the person must report to the specified law enforcement agency to submit a sample for DNA testing and extraction within five days of being summoned to appear in court. (Sec. 3)

4.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2, 3)

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