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Bill: DNA Records Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kalistani Workers Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 4364
Description[?]:
| Recognizing that under current law the government records DNA from those who are both convicted and accused of a crime, and seeing as that there is no reason the government needs to keep DNA records of those who have been accused of crimes, the bill would make it so that only those convicted of crimes have their DNA actually recorded. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:06:48, March 16, 2018 CET | From | Kalistani Workers Party | To | Debating the DNA Records Reform Act |
| Message | NOTE: For clarification, this bill won't stop law enforcement from taking DNA during an investigation into a crime, it just stops them from entering it into a permanent database after the crime has closed and if the accused is found not guilty. Of course, if the accused is convicted then this DNA will be recorded. |
| Date | 16:42:59, March 16, 2018 CET | From | Liberal Party of the URK (LURK) | To | Debating the DNA Records Reform Act |
| Message | We're not recording people in a permanent database. At most, the data will only be held for 2 months before it's disposed of, and approval is again needed to collect it. Here's the bill outlining the status quo: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=556320 |
| Date | 05:16:55, March 17, 2018 CET | From | Kalistani Workers Party | To | Debating the DNA Records Reform Act |
| Message | We don't understand why the former bill's provisions about disposing of DNA after a set period of time wouldn't still be in place even after this bill passes. All this bill does is to state that DNA from those accused can't be recorded, which the status quo already takes care of. This just clarifies the status quo and makes sure that DNA from the accused isn't ever stored. |
| Date | 21:52:51, March 17, 2018 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the DNA Records Reform Act |
| Message | OOC Sorry, wrong button. |
| Date | 22:34:44, March 17, 2018 CET | From | Liberal Party of the URK (LURK) | To | Debating the DNA Records Reform Act |
| Message | The reason we record the DNA of the accused is so that the police can conduct investigations more easily through forensics. This bill just makes investigations more difficult. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 75 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 675 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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