A6971 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes the minimum period of time that forensic samples should be retained by investigating authorities; creates the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system, as an independent agency, and provides for such commission's powers and duties; relates to special fictitious name indictments; relates to requests for certain DNA test comparisons; relates to forensic DNA testing; relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment; relates to DNA testing, data collection and record keeping; relates to DNA testing in felony cases.
- Title
- Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Codes
- Introduced
- 2025-03-18
- Same as
- S3166
- Law section
- Executive Law
Sponsors
- Catalina Cruz Assembly Member, District 39
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S3166 (2025-26 session) NY State bill