Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires an individual arrested for certain crimes to submit a DNA sample.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual accused of committing certain offenses including, but not limited to, the following offenses, and after a finding of probable cause for detention or upon an arrest on a felony arrest warrant, to submit to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing and provide a blood or saliva sample to the arresting authority (Secs. 1 & 2):
• First degree or second degree murder;
• First degree robbery;
• First degree rape; or
• Child abuse.

• Requires the accused individual to pay a $15 fee for submission of the sample to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Database (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits previously convicted or arrested individuals who have a “valid” DNA sample on file in the OSBI CODIS Database from being required to submit to additional testing (Sec. 1).

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