SB 198 - This act modifies provisions of the DNA Profiling System. The system shall be used to assist law enforcement in the identification of individuals are subjects of prosecution for criminal offenses in which biological evidence is recovered from the crime scene. Currently, the system can only be used to assist in the investigation and prosecution of violent and sex- related crimes. Any individual who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony is required to give a biological sample for purposes of DNA analysis. Currently, only individuals convicted of certain violent and sex offenses must give a biological sample.

All DNA records and biological materials retained in the DNA profiling system are to be considered closed records. Any information maintained by any person, agency or political subdivision concerning an individual's DNA profile shall be strictly confidential and shall not be released except to certain peace officers, the attorney general, prosecuting or circuit attorneys or certain public employees that need to obtain such records to perform their public duties. Any person that obtains such records must only use them for investigative or prosecutorial purposes.

This act is identical to HB 54 (2003).
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