California Penal Code

§ 295

PEN § 295 Effective Sep 18, 2020Title 9 · Part 1 · Ch. 6 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act of 1998, as amended.

(b)The people of the State of California set forth all of the following:

(1)Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and forensic identification analysis is a useful law enforcement tool for identifying and prosecuting criminal offenders and exonerating the innocent.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 29) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 92, Sec. 30. (AB 1869) Effective September 18, 2020. Operative July 1, 2021, by its own provisions.