Existing law, the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, an initiative measure, requires an additional penalty of $1 for every $10 or part thereof to be levied in each county upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, as specified. The act requires the county board of supervisors to establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund, into which the collected penalties are to be deposited. The act specifies the purposes for which funds in the county's DNA Identification Fund may be used, including to reimburse local sheriff, police, district attorney, and regional state crime laboratories for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, tracking, and storage of DNA crime scene samples, as specified. The act provides for its amendment by the Legislature if the amendments further the act and are consistent with its purposes to enhance the use of DNA identification evidence for the purpose of accurate and expeditious crime solving and exonerating the innocent.
California AB 434 (20112012) — County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Existing law, the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, an initiative measure, requires an additional penalty of $1 for every $10 or part thereof to be levied in each county upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, as specified. The act requires the county board of supervisors to establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund, into which the collected penalties are to be deposited. The act specifies the purposes for which funds in the county's DNA Identification Fund may be used, including to reimburse local sheriff, police, district attorney, and regional state crime laboratories for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, tracking, and storage of DNA crime scene samples, as specified. The act provides for its amendment by the Legislature if the amendments further the act and are consistent with its purposes to enhance the use of DNA identification evidence for the purpose of accurate and expeditious crime solving and exonerating the innocent.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 434 LOGUE Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #7 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Logue — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-03-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-04-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1915.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-15 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2011-08-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-08-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a61b50e5-b659-4109-ad9d-0aa401ad52fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).