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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
220242
Name:
Administrative Code - Limits on Storage and Use of
DNA Profiles
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
3/8/2022
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
5/6/2022
Enactment date:
5/6/2022
073-22
Enactment #:
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
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
3/8/2022
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
3/14/2022
1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Rules Committee
4/11/2022
1
Pass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Rules Committee
4/11/2022
2
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Board of Supervisors
4/19/2022
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS
AMENDED
Board of Supervisors
4/19/2022
3
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
4/26/2022
3
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
5/6/2022
3