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NY A 627

in committee

Relates to requiring consent of a minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement collection of DNA from certain minors

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 627 pass?

Not yet. NY A 627 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 627 about?

Requires the written consent of a minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement collection of DNA from a minor and/or pick up of a discarded sample of a minor prior to the lawful arrest of such minor.

Who sponsors NY A 627?

Chantel Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY A 627, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Requires the written consent of a minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement collection of DNA from a minor and/or pick up of a discarded sample of a minor prior to the lawful arrest of such minor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Chantel Jacksonprimary
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-20

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-20

    PRINT NUMBER 627A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6747not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3917not in this corpus

Official source

https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A00627&term=2025

Attribution

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