Governor Signs Off on Funds for Local Authorities to Pay for Private DNA Tests

Governor signs off on funds for local authorities to pay for private DNA tests

Established laboratories will have a road to state funding via local police departments and sheriffs’ offices under certain circumstances. Gov. Ron DeSantis approved HB 847, which establishes the Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, allowing local law enforcement to use private labs that have been around for five years if they meet Federal Bureau of Investigation Quality Assurance Standards. The funds wil…

GU Law Group Sues Homeland Security Over Noncitizen DNA Collection

A Georgetown University privacy law group alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is obstructing information on DHS’s collection of noncitizens’ DNA in a federal lawsuit filed June 2. The Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology, which focuses on surveillance and privacy law and policy, sued alongside the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights and Americans for Immigrant Justice — two immigrant rights groups — for information on h…