March 14, 2024
The permanent enactment. Section 27 amends the DNA Sample Collection Act of 2001 by adding new sections 2a and 2b, codified at D.C. Official Code §§ 22-4152 and 22-4153. After 23 years in which the District had only a list of qualifying offenses, this section supplies collection authority. Section 22-4152 permits the Mayor to collect a DNA sample from any individual charged with a crime of violence, a dangerous crime, the § 22-4151(a)(3)-(7) sex offenses, or attempt or conspiracy; collection may be limited to individuals who are fingerprinted; samples go to the FBI Laboratory or another FBI-approved laboratory, confirming the District still operates no offender index of its own; no collection, analysis or CODIS inclusion may occur before a judicial officer makes an initial probable cause finding; and destruction and CODIS expungement are automatic on non-conviction, on reversal or vacatur without retrial, or on unconditional pardon. Section 22-4153 parallels it for convicted offenders. Both allow FBI-approved Rapid DNA analysis in lieu of FBI-laboratory routing — the entirety of the District's Rapid DNA law. Section 26 separately amends the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1999 (§ 22-4001(6)(B)), striking “12 years” for “13 years.”