# Maryland SB 0202: Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations Maryland SB 0202, Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-08 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0202-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0202 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-09-28 - Last action: 2025-04-08, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Public Safety, Chemical Tests, Correctional Institutions -see also- Patuxent Institution, Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc., District Courts, Expungement and Shielded Records, Fines -see also- Penalties and Sentences, Forensics, Genetics, Job Training -see also- Continuing Ed; Vocational Rehab, Judges, Laboratories, Notices, Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty, Registration -see also- Motor Vehicle Registration, Rules and Regulations, Safety -see also- Occupational Safety, Sexual Offenses, State Police, Department of, Time - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (225 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Charged people gain automatic DNA cleanup: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, charged people’s DNA samples and records must be automatically destroyed and removed after qualifying case outcomes. These include no conviction, a final reversal or vacated conviction without a new trial, or an unconditional pardon. Exceptions cover cases placed on hold… - Limits protect charged people’s DNA samples: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland limits testing and database entry for DNA collected from people charged with qualifying crimes. Processing requires a judge’s or commissioner’s probable-cause finding, an arrest under a qualifying warrant, a prosecutor’s information, or a grand-jury indictment. B… - Refusing required DNA brings criminal penalties: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, people required to provide DNA cannot refuse. Refusal is a misdemeanor and must be referred to the State’s Attorney’s Office for prosecution. A conviction carries a fine of up to $1,000. For people not imprisoned, failing to provide a required sample within 90 days after… - Required DNA collection follows clearer rules: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, designated staff trained in State Crime Laboratory procedures must collect required DNA samples. Booking-facility or arresting-agency staff collect samples when people are charged with qualifying crimes, including violent crimes and burglary. Correctional staff collect sa… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 135 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-08: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 - 2025-04-03: Passed Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Third Reading Passed (135-0) (House) - 2025-03-31: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House) - 2025-03-31: Favorable with Amendments {943025/1 Adopted (House) - 2025-03-31: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-19: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-18: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Favorable with Amendments {293923/1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings (Senate) - 2025-01-08: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (Senate) - 2025-01-06: Hearing 1/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate) - 2024-09-28: Pre-filed (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0202e.pdf) - Enrolled, 2025-04-03: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202e.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed) - HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed) - SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law) - HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0202e.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202e.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS) - [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS) - [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS) - [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS) - [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS) - [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0202-2025RS (as of 2026-10-19).