File #: 220242    Version: Name: Administrative Code - Limits on Storage and Use of DNA Profiles
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 3/8/2022 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: Final action: 5/6/2022
Enactment date: 5/6/2022 Enactment #: 073-22
Title: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to prohibit the Police Department or other City departments from uploading or storing DNA profiles from crime victims reference samples (“Victim Reference DNA Profiles”) in any City DNA database that is not subject to the federal and state rules governing Combined DNA Index Systems (“CODIS”) databases (“Non-CODIS DNA Databases”), and from storing DNA profiles obtained from crime scene evidence (“Evidentiary DNA Profiles”) in any Non-CODIS DNA Database for longer than 60 days; to require that, by July 1, 2022, or 15 days after the effective date of this ordinance, the Police Department purge from Non-CODIS DNA Databases Evidentiary DNA Profiles stored for longer than 60 days and Victim Reference DNA Profiles stored for any length of time; and to limit the Police Department and other City departments to using Non-CODIS DNA Databases only for quality assurance purposes, and not for any investigative purposes; to require the Controller to submit an audit report regarding Non-CODIS DNA Databases; and to require posting on the Police Department website and other City websites a description of how the Department handles and stores a Victim’s DNA .
Sponsors: Hillary Ronen, Shamann Walton, Dean Preston
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral FYI 031422, 4. Comm Pkt 040422, 5. Leg Ver 2 2, 6. Leg Dig Ver2, 7. Board Pkt 041922, 8. Leg Ver3, 9. Leg Dig Ver3, 10. Board Pkt 042622, 11. Leg Final
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
5/6/20223 Mayor APPROVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/26/20223 Board of Supervisors FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
4/19/20222 Board of Supervisors AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
4/19/20223 Board of Supervisors PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/20221 Rules Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
4/11/20222 Rules Committee RECOMMENDED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/14/20221 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/8/20221 President ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE  Action details Meeting details Not available
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