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Prisoners: DNA testing.

It became law on Sep 25, 2014.

CA SB 980 · Senate Bill · 2013–2014

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsors
2
Latest action
Sep 25, 2014

What it does

(1) Existing law allows an incarcerated person who has been convicted of a felony to make a written motion for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing according to a specified procedure. Existing law allows the court to order a hearing on the motion in the court's discretion.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 25, 2014

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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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