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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    February 17, 2010

 

 
Retroactive DNA Proposal Gets First Senate Nod

 

 

 

JEFFERSON CITY—A constitutional amendment allowing the retroactive application of DNA sampling laws may soon be put before voters after the Missouri Senate today gave initial approval to the measure.

 

Senate Joint Resolution 20, sponsored by Sen. Matt Bartle (R-Lee’s Summit), seeks to create an exception to the constitutional ban on retroactive laws for the purpose of allowing DNA profiling laws to apply retroactively.

 

If passed by the Legislature, and then by voters, the proposed constitutional amendment would require people to provide a DNA sample for analysis and inclusion in the state’s DNA profiling system prior to any applicable laws being enacted. These laws include the inclusion of all felons in the database in 2005 and the recent addition of certain qualified arrestees and registered sex offenders in 2009.

A second vote sends SJR 20 to the House for consideration.

 

The Second Regular Session of the 95th Missouri General Assembly runs through May 14, 2010. For more information about the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov. To contact the Senate Newsroom, call (573) 751-3824 or e-mail newsroom@senate.mo.gov

 

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