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H2632 • 2025

An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA

An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA

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Sponsor
Higgins, Natalie M.
Last action
2025-10-08
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA

An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA By Representatives Higgins of Leominster and Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA By Representatives Higgins of Leominster and Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2632) of Natalie M.
  • Higgins, Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr., and others that the crime laboratory within the Department of the State Police conduct an audit of offender DNA profiles included on the state DNA databank system.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-08 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-08-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to lawfully owed DNA
By Representatives Higgins of Leominster and Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2632) of Natalie M. Higgins, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others that the crime laboratory within the Department of the State Police conduct an audit of offender DNA profiles included on the state DNA databank system. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2632

SECTION 1. The crime laboratory within the department of the state police shall conduct an audit of offender DNA profiles included on the state DNA databank system in order to identify the number DNA profiles that are missing from the databank which should have been collected under section 3 of chapter 22E of the General Laws. The crime laboratory shall support this effort as necessary to comply with report deadlines.

The audit shall initiate with offender DNA samples that were required to be collected under section 3 of chapter 22E of the General Laws. The audit shall include those offenders who would have been covered under retroactive provisions of the law that require DNA samples from persons, regardless of conviction date, as the statute provides.

A preliminary report including the overall number of estimated owed DNA samples shall be reported to the legislature promptly upon completion of the initial audit, due to the significant risk to public safety of any failed collections.

The preliminary report should be provided without delay, and no later than ninety days after enactment or December 15, 2025, whichever is soonest.

A final report to further include additional details on types of offenses for which DNA samples are owed, and an overview of where collection failures occurred shall be submitted no later than December 15, 2025.

Thereafter, an annual audit shall be completed and reported to the Legislature no later than December 15 of each year.

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