republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-275.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing persons: DNA database."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop a DNA database for all cases involving the report of an unidentified deceased person or a high-risk missing person, as defined, and provides for the collection of DNA samples from unidentified deceased persons and from potential sources for comparison, as specified. Existing law requires that, until January 1, 2010, the database be funded by a $2 increase on death certificates issued by a local governmental agency or by the State of California. Existing law specifies the procedure for identifying the backlog of unidentified remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 275"
citation: "California AB 275 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Missing persons: DNA database."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-12"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84041424-c832-4fd3-9260-fdd65755ee47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275"
source_hash: "251a2223ec59d94a1b6e339a7dfb8a4f5db1cc031d99adbf4531462d2131e287"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 275 (20092010) — Missing persons: DNA database.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop a DNA database for all cases involving the report of an unidentified deceased person or a high-risk missing person, as defined, and provides for the collection of DNA samples from unidentified deceased persons and from potential sources for comparison, as specified. Existing law requires that, until January 1, 2010, the database be funded by a $2 increase on death certificates issued by a local governmental agency or by the State of California. Existing law specifies the procedure for identifying the backlog of unidentified remains.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/12/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275&version=20090AB27599INT)
2. **03/24/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275&version=20090AB27598AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275&version=20090AB27596CHP)
4. **AB275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275)
5. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB275&version=20090AB27597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB275 Solorio Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 275 SOLORIO Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1927.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2176.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 228, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84041424-c832-4fd3-9260-fdd65755ee47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).