PRINTER'S NO. 2599
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2030
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY HOGAN, TOMLINSON, MARCELL, JOZWIAK, DALEY,
NEILSON, LABS, SHUSTERMAN, GUENST, MAJOR, HEFFLEY, KIM,
GILLEN AND GAYDOS, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in DNA data and testing, further
providing for policy, for definitions, for State DNA Data
Base, for State Police recommendation of additional offenses
and annual report and for DNA sample required upon
conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases,
providing for request for modified DNA search and further
providing for DNA data base exchange, for expungement and for
mandatory cost; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2302(2) and (4) of Title 44 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 2302. Policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares that:
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(2) Several states have enacted laws requiring persons
arrested, charged or convicted of certain crimes, especially
sex offenses, to provide genetic samples for DNA profiling.
(2.1) Several states have authorized the disclosure of
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