MD: An Act Authorizing Pre-Conviction DNA Collection From Violent Crime Arrestees (SB 211, Ch. 337, 2008)

January 1, 2009

Authorized pre-conviction (arrestee) DNA collection in Maryland — a threshold most states had not adopted — by amending Public Safety Article §§ 2-501, 2-504, 2-506, 2-511, and 2-512 to require a sample from any individual arrested for or charged with a crime of violence (or attempt) or burglary, collected at the facility processing the arrest, while barring testing or database upload until arraignment; also added post-conviction DNA testing and expungement rules. This is the arrestee-collection statute the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in Maryland v. King (2013). Ch. 337 (SB 211); effective January 1, 2009 (with a 5-year sunset).