Existing law requires any adult person who is arrested or charged with any felony offense to provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required for law enforcement identification analysis. Existing law requires that a DNA specimen and sample be destroyed and that a searchable database profile be expunged from that databank program if the person from whom the specimen or sample was collected has no past or present offense or pending charge that qualifies that person for inclusion in the database and if that person submits an application, as specified, and gives the court discretion to grant or deny the application.
California SB 1228 (20212022) — Criminal procedure: DNA samples.
Existing law requires any adult person who is arrested or charged with any felony offense to provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required for law enforcement identification analysis. Existing law requires that a DNA specimen and sample be destroyed and that a searchable database profile be expunged from that databank program if the person from whom the specimen or sample was collected has no past or present offense or pending charge that qualifies that person for inclusion in the database and if that person submits an application, as specified, and gives the court discretion to grant or deny the application.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB1228 Wiener et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1228 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Ting — 69–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1228 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Ting — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-24 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-13 April 19 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
2022-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3519.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3789.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3840.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-08 Coauthors revised.
2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-22 June 22 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 6200.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5311.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 994, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75d6b0d2-285c-43c6-9ecb-2df66865d76e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).