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A00627 Summary:

BILL NOA00627A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRSimon, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Requires the written consent of a minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement collection of DNA from a minor and/or pick up of a discarded sample of a minor prior to the lawful arrest of such minor.

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BILL NOA00627A

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

02/20/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

02/20/2025print number 627a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 627--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, SIMON, DAVILA -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring consent of a
 minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement
 collection of DNA from certain minors

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Collection of DNA from certain minors. 1. No member of a
 4 police department, county sheriff's office, the state police or other
 5 law enforcement officer shall collect a DNA sample from a minor and/or
 6 pick up a discarded sample prior to the lawful arrest of such minor
 7 without first obtaining the written consent of such minor's parent,
 8 legal guardian or attorney, except:
 9 (a) Where the DNA sample is abandoned at the scene of an alleged crim-
 10 inal offense and is not collected from the minor's person; or
 11 (b) Where the DNA sample is collected from a minor who is alleged to
 12 be the victim of a criminal offense.
 13 2. Subdivision one of this section shall not be construed to prohibit
 14 any lawful method of collecting a DNA sample from a minor pursuant to a
 15 search warrant, other court order or provision of law that authorizes
 16 the search of a minor for the purpose of collecting a DNA sample.
 17 3. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 18 ing meanings:
 19 (a) "DNA sample" means any amount of blood, saliva, hair or other
 20 bodily material from which deoxyribonucleic acid can be extracted.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00976-03-5

 A. 627--A 2

 1 (b) "Law enforcement officer" means any public servant who is author-
 2 ized to conduct an investigation, prosecute or make an arrest for a
 3 criminal offense.
 4 (c) "Minor" means a natural person under the age of eighteen.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 6 have become a law.

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