NYC Council Introduction 125

intro.nyc/0125-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney.
Status: Committee Committee on Public Safety
Sponsored by Diana I. Ayala
Introduced: February 28, 2024

This bill would prohibit any member of the NYPD from collecting a DNA sample from a minor prior to the lawful arrest of such minor without the consent of the minor’s parent, legal guardian or attorney. The prohibition would not apply where the sample is abandoned at the scene of an alleged criminal offense and is not collected directly from the minor, or where the sample is collected from a minor who is alleged to be the victim of a criminal offense.