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Rules Committee advances ordinance to bar storing victims' DNA in local non‑CODIS databases beyond 60 days
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to send to the full Board of Supervisors an ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Hillary Ronan that would prohibit city departments from storing DNA profiles known to belong to crime victims in non‑CODIS databases for more than 60 days, require a purge of certain past data by 07/01/2022, and limit non‑CODIS use to quality‑assurance only.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan asked the Rules Committee to forward an ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors that would prohibit the San Francisco Police Department and other city departments from uploading or storing DNA profiles known to belong to crime victims in any non‑CODIS DNA database for longer than 60 days. Ronan said the proposal responds to a district attorney disclosure that a victim's DNA from a kit submitted years earlier was later used to identify the same person as a suspect in another case.
Ronan outlined three core provisions: ban local storage of victim DNA in non‑CODIS systems beyond a 60‑day quality‑assurance…
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