GA: An Act Extending DNA Sampling to All Incarcerated Felons (SB 318, Act No. 738, Ga. L. 2000, p. 1071)

April 28, 2000

The foundational expansion of Georgia's DNA collection program. Amended former O.C.G.A. § 24-4-60 to require DNA samples from all persons convicted of any felony and incarcerated in a state correctional facility, effective July 1, 2000, replacing the sex-offense-only mandate; added oral swabs and other noninvasive procedures as permissible collection methods (previously only blood draws were authorized); and applied retroactively to pre-2000 felony convicts still incarcerated. Approved April 28, 2000.