BILL NUMBER: AB 1492 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 29, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 15, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly MemberLowGatto ( Coauthor: Assembly Member Atkins ) FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act toamend Sections 5100, 5151, 18201, 18202, 18203, 18204, 18600, 18601, 18603, 18604, 18610, 18611, 18612, 18613, 18614, 18620, 18621, 18622, 18630, 18631, 18640, 18650, 18660, and 18661 of, and to add Section 338.5 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.amend Section 300 of, and to amend and add Sections 296, 298, and 299 of, the Penal Code, relating to DNA samples. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1492, as amended,LowGatto .Elections: in-lieu-filing-fee and political party qualification petitions: penal provisions.Forensic testing: DNA samples. (1) Existing law, as amended by the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, general election (the DNA Act) requires any adult person who is arrested or charged with any felony offense to provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, and 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 blood specimens and buccal swab samples be forwarded promptly to the Department of Justice for analysis. Existing case law, People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446, for which review has been granted by the California Supreme Court, holds that the DNA Act, to the extent it requires felony arrestees to submit to a DNA sample for law enforcement analysis and inclusion in the state and federal DNA databases, without independent suspicion, a warrant, or a judicial or grand jury determination of probable cause, unreasonably intrudes on the arrestee's expectation of privacy and is invalid under the California Constitution. The DNA Act provides that it may be amended by a statute passed by each house of the Legislature that furthers the purpose of the measure. This bill would state that it is the intention of the Legislature to further the purposes of the DNA Act in light of the above-specified case law. The bill would, if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold People v. Buza, limit the above-specified requirements to persons arrested for specified sex offenses or serious or violent felonies. The bill would, if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold People v. Buza, require that a blood specimen or buccal swab sample taken from a person arrested for the commission of a felony be forwarded to the department after a judicial determination of probable cause to believe the person has committed the offense for which he or she was arrested has been made. (2) Existing law, as amended by the DNA Act, 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 which qualifies that person for inclusion in the database and if that person submits an application, as specified. Existing law gives the court discretion to grant or deny the application. This bill would, if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold People v. Buza, require the DNA specimen and sample to be destroyed and the searchable database profile expunged from the database without the requirement of an application. (3) Existing law, as amended by the DNA Act, states that its provisions do not prohibit collection and analysis of specimens, samples, or print impressions as a condition of a plea for an offense that does not require the taking of samples and specimens. The bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to allow buccal swab samples to be taken for DNA analysis as a condition of a plea or reduction or dismissal of charges. The bill would permit a law enforcement agency to use any publicly available database to aid in the investigation of a crime.Existing law authorizes a political party to qualify to participate in a primary election if specified requirements are met, including the filing with the Secretary of State of a petition signed by voters declaring that the voters represent a proposed party desiring to participate in that primary election.This bill would define the term "political party qualification petition" for these purposes to mean a petition circulated to qualify a political party in accordance with existing procedures.Existing law provides that a person committing specified acts relating to the circulation, subscription, or signature of an initiative, referendum, or recall petition is guilty of a misdemeanor or felony subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both that fine and imprisonment.This bill would additionally provide that a person committing these specified acts in relation to the circulation, subscription, or signature of a political party qualification petition would be subject to the above penal provisions. By creating additional crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.Existing law authorizes a candidate to submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee, as specified. Existing law also provides that a person who commits specified fraudulent or deliberate acts relating to the filing of a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy is guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both that fine and imprisonment.This bill would additionally provide that a person committing these specified acts in relation to the submission of an in-lieu-filing-fee petition would be subject to the penal provisions specified above. By creating additional crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:yesno . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to limit the analysis of buccal swab samples and blood samples taken from felony arrestees for purposes of DNA analysis only to the extent required by the decision in People v. Buza, and to further the purposes of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, in light of that decision. SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to allow buccal swab samples to be taken for DNA analysis as a condition of a plea or reduction or dismissal of charges, provided that all uses of the DNA sample have been disclosed to the defendant in writing, that consent has been obtained in writing, and that the defendant has signed a written agreement allowing his or her buccal swap sample or blood sample to be taken for DNA analysis. It is the intent of the Legislature that buccal swab samples taken as a condition of a plea or reduction or dismissal of charges be done on the basis of individualized consideration. SEC. 3. Section 296 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 296. (a) The following persons shall provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, and a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required pursuant to this chapter for law enforcement identification analysis: (1) Any person, including any juvenile, who is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to any felony offense, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of any felony offense, or any juvenile who is adjudicated under Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for committing any felony offense. (2) Any adult person who is arrested for or charged with any of the following felony offenses: (A) Any felony offense specified in Section 290 or attempt to commit any felony offense described in Section 290, or any felony offense that imposes upon a person the duty to register in California as a sex offender under Section 290. (B) Murder or voluntary manslaughter or any attempt to commit murder or voluntary manslaughter. (C) Commencing on January1 of the fifth year following enactment of the act that added this subparagraph, as amended1, 2009 , any adult person arrested or charged with any felony offense. (3) Any person, including any juvenile, who is required to register under Section 290 or 457.1 because of the commission of, or the attempt to commit, a felony or misdemeanor offense, or any person, including any juvenile, who is housed in a mental health facility or sex offender treatment program after referral to such facility or program by a court after being charged with any felony offense. (4) The term "felony" as used in this subdivision includes an attempt to commit the offense. (5)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibitingThis chapter does not prohibit collection and analysis of specimens, samples, or print impressions as a condition of a plea for anon-qualifyingnonqualifying offense. (b) The provisions of this chapter and its requirements for submission of specimens,samplessamples, and print impressions as soon as administratively practicable shall apply to all qualifying persons regardless of sentence imposed, includinganya sentence of death, life without the possibility of parole, oranya life or indeterminate term, oranyother disposition rendered in the case of an adult or juvenile tried as an adult, or whether the person is diverted, fined, or referred for evaluation, and regardless of disposition rendered or placement made in the case of a juvenile who is found to have committed any felony offense or is adjudicated under Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (c) The provisions of this chapter and its requirements for submission of specimens, samples, and print impressions as soon as administratively practicable by qualified persons as described in subdivision (a) shall apply regardless of placement or confinement in any mental hospital or other public or private treatment facility, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following persons, including juveniles: (1) Any person committed to a state hospital or other treatment facility as a mentally disordered sex offender under former Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (2) Any person who has a severe mental disorder as set forth within the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 2960) of Chapter 7 of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Penal Code. (3) Any person found to be a sexually violent predator pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (d) The provisions of this chapter are mandatory and apply whether or not the court advises a person, including any juvenile, that he or she must provide thedata bankdatabank and database specimens, samples, and print impressions as a condition of probation, parole, or any plea of guilty, no contest, or not guilty by reason of insanity, or any admission to any of the offenses described in subdivision (a). (e) If at any stage of court proceedings the prosecuting attorney determines that specimens, samples, and print impressions required by this chapter have not already been taken from any person, as defined under subdivision (a) of Section 296, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the court orally on the record, or in writing, and request that the court order collection of the specimens, samples, and print impressions required by law. However, a failure by the prosecuting attorney or any other law enforcement agency to notify the court shall not relieve a person of the obligation to provide specimens, samples, and print impressions pursuant to this chapter. (f) Prior to final disposition or sentencing in the case the court shall inquire and verify that the specimens, samples, and print impressions required by this chapter have been obtained and that this fact is included in the abstract of judgment or dispositional order in the case of a juvenile. The abstract of judgment issued by the court shall indicate that the court has ordered the person to comply with the requirements of this chapter and that the person shall be included in the state's DNA and Forensic IdentificationData BaseDatabase andData Bank programDatabank Program and be subject to this chapter. However, failure by the court to verify specimen, sample, and print impression collection or enter these facts in the abstract of judgment or dispositional order in the case of a juvenile shall not invalidate an arrest, plea, conviction, or disposition, or otherwise relieve a person from the requirements of this chapter. (g) This section shall become inoperative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 296 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 3 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, general election, in which case this section shall become inoperative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 4. Section 296 is added to the Penal Code , to read: 296. (a) The following persons shall provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, and a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required pursuant to this chapter for law enforcement identification analysis: (1) Any person, including any juvenile, who is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to any felony offense, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of any felony offense, or any juvenile who is adjudicated under Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for committing any felony offense. (2) Any adult person who is arrested for or charged with any of the following felony offenses: (A) Any felony offense specified in Section 290 or attempt to commit any felony offense described in Section 290, or any felony offense that imposes upon a person the duty to register in California as a sex offender under Section 290. (B) Murder or voluntary manslaughter or any attempt to commit murder or voluntary manslaughter. (C) Any adult person arrested or charged with a felony offense specified in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 or subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7. (3) Any person, including any juvenile, who is required to register under Section 290 or 457.1 because of the commission of, or the attempt to commit, a felony or misdemeanor offense, or any person, including any juvenile, who is housed in a mental health facility or sex offender treatment program after referral to such facility or program by a court after being charged with any felony offense. (4) The term "felony" as used in this subdivision includes an attempt to commit the offense. (5) This chapter does not prohibit collection and analysis of specimens, samples, or print impressions as a condition of a plea for a nonqualifying offense. (b) The provisions of this chapter and its requirements for submission of specimens, samples, and print impressions as soon as administratively practicable shall apply to all qualifying persons regardless of sentence imposed, including a sentence of death, life without the possibility of parole, or a life or indeterminate term, or other disposition rendered in the case of an adult or juvenile tried as an adult, or whether the person is diverted, fined, or referred for evaluation, and regardless of disposition rendered or placement made in the case of juvenile who is found to have committed any felony offense or is adjudicated under Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (c) The provisions of this chapter and its requirements for submission of specimens, samples, and print impressions as soon as administratively practicable by qualified persons as described in subdivision (a) shall apply regardless of placement or confinement in any mental hospital or other public or private treatment facility, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following persons, including juveniles: (1) Any person committed to a state hospital or other treatment facility as a mentally disordered sex offender under former Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (2) Any person who has a severe mental disorder as set forth within the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 2960) of Chapter 7 of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Penal Code. (3) Any person found to be a sexually violent predator pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (d) The provisions of this chapter are mandatory and apply whether or not the court advises a person, including any juvenile, that he or she must provide the data bank and database specimens, samples, and print impressions as a condition of probation, parole, or any plea of guilty, no contest, or not guilty by reason of insanity, or any admission to any of the offenses described in subdivision (a). (e) If at any stage of court proceedings the prosecuting attorney determines that specimens, samples, and print impressions required by this chapter have not already been taken from any person, as defined under subdivision (a) of Section 296, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the court orally on the record, or in writing, and request that the court order collection of the specimens, samples, and print impressions required by law. However, a failure by the prosecuting attorney or any other law enforcement agency to notify the court shall not relieve a person of the obligation to provide specimens, samples, and print impressions pursuant to this chapter. (f) Prior to final disposition or sentencing in the case the court shall inquire and verify that the specimens, samples, and print impressions required by this chapter have been obtained and that this fact is included in the abstract of judgment or dispositional order in the case of a juvenile. The abstract of judgment issued by the court shall indicate that the court has ordered the person to comply with the requirements of this chapter and that the person shall be included in the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Databse and Databank Program and be subject to this chapter. However, failure by the court to verify specimen, sample, and print impression collection or enter these facts in the abstract of judgment or dispositional order in the case of a juvenile shall not invalidate an arrest, plea, conviction, or disposition, or otherwise relieve a person from the requirements of this chapter. (g) This section shall only become operative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 296 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 3 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, general election, in which case this section shall become operative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 5. Section 298 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 298. (a) TheDirector of CorrectionsSecretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , or the Chief Administrative Officer of the detention facility, jail, or other facility at which the blood specimens, buccal swab samples, and thumb and palm print impressions were collected shall cause these specimens, samples, and print impressions to be forwarded promptly to the Department of Justice. The specimens, samples, and print impressions shall be collected by a person using a Department of Justice approved collection kit and in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in subdivision (b). (b) (1) The Department of Justice shall provide all blood specimen vials, buccal swab collectors, mailing tubes, labels, and instructions for the collection of the blood specimens, buccal swab samples, and thumbprints. The specimens, samples, and thumbprints shall thereafter be forwarded to the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice for analysis of DNA and other forensic identification markers. Additionally, the Department of Justice shall provide all full palm print cards, mailing envelopes, and instructions for the collection of full palm prints. The full palm prints, on a form prescribed by the Department of Justice, shall thereafter be forwarded to the Department of Justice for maintenance in a file for identification purposes. (2) The withdrawal of blood shall be performed in a medically approved manner. Only health care providers trained and certified to draw blood may withdraw the blood specimens for purposes of this section. (3) Buccal swab samples may be procured by law enforcement or corrections personnel or other individuals trained to assist in buccal swab collection. (4) Right thumbprints and a full palm print impression of each hand shall be taken on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice. The palm print forms shall be forwarded to and maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the Department of Justice. Right thumbprints also shall be taken at the time of the collection of samples and specimens and shall be placed on the sample and specimen containers and forms as directed by the Department of Justice. The samples, specimens, and forms shall be forwarded to and maintained by the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice. (5) The law enforcement or custodial agency collecting specimens, samples, or print impressions is responsible for confirming that the person qualifies for entry into the Department of Justice DNA Database andData BankDatabank Program prior to collecting the specimens, samples, or print impressions pursuant to this chapter. (6) The DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice is responsible for establishing procedures for enteringdata bankdatabank and database information. (c) (1) Persons authorized to draw blood or obtain samples or print impressions under this chapter for thedata bankdatabank or database shall not be civilly or criminally liable either for withdrawing blood when done in accordance with medically accepted procedures, or for obtaining buccal swab samples by scraping inner cheek cells of the mouth, or thumb or palm print impressions when performed in accordance with standard professional practices. (2) There is no civil or criminal cause of action against any law enforcement agency or the Department of Justice, or any employee thereof, for a mistake in confirming a person's or sample's qualifying status for inclusion within the database ordata bankdatabank or in placing an entry in adata bankdatabank or a database. (3) The failure of the Department of Justice or local law enforcement to comply with Article 4 or any other provision of this chapter shall not invalidate an arrest, plea, conviction, or disposition. (d) This section shall become inoperative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 298 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 6 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, in which case this section shall become inoperative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 6. Section 298 is added to the Penal Code , to read: 298. (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the Chief Administrative Officer of the detention facility, jail, or other facility at which the blood specimens, buccal swab samples, and thumb and palm print impressions were collected shall cause these specimens, samples, and print impressions to be forwarded promptly to the Department of Justice, except that a blood specimen or buccal swab sample taken from a person arrested for the commission of a felony as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 296 shall be forwarded to the Department of Justice after a judicial determination of probable cause to believe the person has committed the offense for which he or she was arrested has been made pursuant to Section 825. The specimens, samples, and print impressions shall be collected by a person using a Department of Justice approved collection kit and in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in subdivision (b). (2) A blood specimen or buccal swab sample taken from a person arrested for the commission of a felony as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 296 that has not been forwarded to the Department of Justice within six months following the arrest of that person because the agency that took the blood specimen or buccal swab sample has not received notice to forward the DNA specimen or sample to the Department of Justice for inclusion in the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Databank Program pursuant to paragraph (1) following a determination of probable cause, shall be destroyed by the agency that collected the blood specimen or buccal swab sample. (b) (1) The Department of Justice shall provide all blood specimen vials, buccal swab collectors, mailing tubes, labels, and instructions for the collection of the blood specimens, buccal swab samples, and thumbprints. The specimens, samples, and thumbprints shall thereafter be forwarded to the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice for analysis of DNA and other forensic identification markers. Additionally, the Department of Justice shall provide all full palm print cards, mailing envelopes, and instructions for the collection of full palm prints. The full palm prints, on a form prescribed by the Department of Justice, shall thereafter be forwarded to the Department of Justice for maintenance in a file for identification purposes. (2) The withdrawal of blood shall be performed in a medically approved manner. Only health care providers trained and certified to draw blood may withdraw the blood specimens for purposes of this section. (3) Buccal swab samples may be procured by law enforcement or corrections personnel or other individuals trained to assist in buccal swab collection. (4) Right thumbprints and a full palm print impression of each hand shall be taken on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice. The palm print forms shall be forwarded to and maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the Department of Justice. Right thumbprints also shall be taken at the time of the collection of samples and specimens and shall be placed on the sample and specimen containers and forms as directed by the Department of Justice. The samples, specimens, and forms shall be forwarded to and maintained by the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice. (5) The law enforcement or custodial agency collecting specimens, samples, or print impressions is responsible for confirming that the person qualifies for entry into the Department of Justice DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Databank Program prior to collecting the specimens, samples, or print impressions pursuant to this chapter. (6) The DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice is responsible for establishing procedures for entering databank and database information. (c) (1) Persons authorized to draw blood or obtain samples or print impressions under this chapter for the databank or database shall not be civilly or criminally liable either for withdrawing blood when done in accordance with medically accepted procedures, or for obtaining buccal swab samples by scraping inner cheek cells of the mouth, or thumb or palm print impressions when performed in accordance with standard professional practices. (2) There is no civil or criminal cause of action against any law enforcement agency or the Department of Justice, or any employee thereof, for a mistake in confirming a person's or sample's qualifying status for inclusion within the database or databank or in placing an entry in a databank or a database. (3) The failure of the Department of Justice or local law enforcement to comply with Article 4 or any other provision of this chapter shall not invalidate an arrest, plea, conviction, or disposition. (d) This section shall only become operative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 298 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 6 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, in which case this section shall become operative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 7. Section 299 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 299. (a) A person whose DNA profile has been included in thedata bankdatabank pursuant to this chapter shall have his or her DNA specimen and sample destroyed and searchable database profile expunged from thedata bankdatabank program pursuant to the procedures set forth in subdivision (b) if the person has no past or present offense or pending charge which qualifies that person for inclusion within the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database andData BankDatabank Program and there otherwise is no legal basis for retaining the specimen or sample or searchable profile. (b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), a person who has no past or present qualifying offense, and for whom there otherwise is no legal basis for retaining the specimen or sample or searchable profile, may make a written request to have his or her specimen and sample destroyed and searchable database profile expunged from thedata bank program if:databank program if any of the following apply: (1) Following arrest, no accusatory pleading has been filed within the applicable period allowed by law charging the person with a qualifying offense as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 296 or if the charges which served as the basis for including the DNA profile in the state' s DNA and Forensic Identification Database andData Bank IdentificationDatabank Program have been dismissed prior to adjudication by a trier of fact; (2) The underlying conviction or disposition serving as the basis for including the DNA profile has been reversed and the case dismissed; (3) The person has been found factually innocent of the underlying offense pursuant to Section 851.8, or Section 781.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; or (4) The defendant has been found not guilty or the defendant has been acquitted of the underlying offense. (c) (1) The person requesting thedata bankdatabank entry to be expunged must send a copy of his or her request to the trial court of the county where the arrest occurred, or that entered the conviction or rendered disposition in the case, to the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice, and to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which he or she was arrested or, convicted, or adjudicated, with proof of service on all parties. The court has the discretion to grant or deny the request for expungement. The denial of a request for expungement is a nonappealable order and shall not be reviewed by petition for writ. (2) Except as providedbelow,in this section, the Department of Justice shall destroy a specimen and sample and expunge the searchable DNA database profile pertaining to the person who has no present or past qualifying offense of record upon receipt of a court order that verifies the applicant has made the necessary showing at a noticed hearing, and that includes all of the following: (A) The written request for expungement pursuant to this section. (B) A certified copy of the court order reversing and dismissing the conviction or case, or a letter from the district attorney certifying that no accusatory pleading has been filed or the charges which served as the basis for collecting a DNA specimen and sample have been dismissed prior to adjudication by a trier of fact, the defendant has been found factually innocent, the defendant has been found not guilty, the defendant has been acquitted of the underlying offense, or the underlying conviction has been reversed and the case dismissed. (C) Proof of written notice to the prosecuting attorney and the Department of Justice that expungement has been requested. (D) A court order verifying that no retrial or appeal of the case is pending, that it has been at least 180 days since the defendant or minor has notified the prosecuting attorney and the Department of Justice of the expungement request, and that the court has not received an objection from the Department of Justice or the prosecuting attorney. (d) Upon order from the court, the Department of Justice shall destroy any specimen or sample collected from the person and any searchable DNA database profile pertaining to the person, unless the department determines that the person is subject to the provisions of this chapter because of a past qualifying offense of record or is or has otherwise become obligated to submit a blood specimen or buccal swab sample as a result of a separate arrest, conviction, juvenile adjudication, or finding of guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 296, or as a condition of a plea. The Department of Justice is not required to destroy analytical data or other items obtained from a blood specimen or saliva, or buccal swab sample, if evidence relating to another person subject to the provisions of this chapter would thereby be destroyed or otherwise compromised. Any identification, warrant, probable cause to arrest, or arrest based upon adata bankdatabank or database match is not invalidated due to a failure to expunge or a delay in expunging records. (e) Notwithstanding any otherprovision oflaw, the Department of Justice DNA Laboratory is not required to expunge DNA profile or forensic identification information or destroy or return specimens, samples, or print impressions taken pursuant to this section if the duty to register under Section 290 or 457.1 is terminated. (f) Notwithstanding any otherprovision oflaw, including Sections 17, 1170.18, 1203.4, and 1203.4a, a judge is not authorized to relieve a person of the separate administrative duty to provide specimens, samples, or print impressions required by this chapter if a person has been found guilty or was adjudicated a ward of the court by a trier of fact of a qualifying offense as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 296, or was found not guilty by reason of insanity or pleads no contest to a qualifying offense as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 296. (g) This section shall become inoperative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 299 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 9 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, in which case this section shall become inoperative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 8. Section 299 is added to the Penal Code , t o read: 299. (a) A person whose DNA profile has been included in the databank pursuant to this chapter shall have his or her DNA specimen and sample destroyed and searchable database profile expunged from the databank program if the person has no past or present offense or pending charge which qualifies that person for inclusion within the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Databank Program and there otherwise is no legal basis for retaining the specimen or sample or searchable profile. (b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), a person who has no past or present qualifying offense, and for whom there otherwise is no legal basis for retaining the specimen or sample or searchable profile shall have his or her specimen and sample destroyed and searchable database profile expunged from the databank program if any of the following apply: (1) Following arrest, no accusatory pleading has been filed within the applicable period allowed by law charging the person with a qualifying offense as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 296 or if the charges which served as the basis for including the DNA profile in the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Databank Program have been dismissed prior to adjudication by a trier of fact, in which case the district attorney shall submit a letter to the Department of Justice as soon as these conditions have been met. (2) The underlying conviction or disposition serving as the basis for including the DNA profile has been reversed and the case dismissed, in which case the court shall forward its order to the Department of Justice upon disposition of the case. (3) The person has been found factually innocent of the underlying offense pursuant to Section 851.8, or Section 781.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, in which case the court shall forward its order to the Department of Justice upon disposition of the case. (4) The defendant has been found not guilty or the defendant has been acquitted of the underlying offense, in which case the court shall forward its order to the Department of Justice upon disposition of the case. (c) Except as provided in this section, the Department of Justice shall destroy a specimen and sample and expunge the searchable DNA database profile pertaining to the person who has no present or past qualifying offense of record upon receipt of the following: (1) A certified copy of the court order reversing and dismissing the conviction or case, or a letter from the district attorney certifying that no accusatory pleading has been filed or the charges which served as the basis for collecting a DNA specimen and sample have been dismissed prior to adjudication by a trier of fact, the defendant has been found factually innocent, the defendant has been found not guilty, the defendant has been acquitted of the underlying offense, or the underlying conviction has been reversed and the case dismissed. (2) A court order verifying that no retrial or appeal of the case is pending. (d) Upon order from the court, the Department of Justice shall destroy any specimen or sample collected from the person and any searchable DNA database profile pertaining to the person, unless the department determines that the person is subject to the provisions of this chapter because of a past qualifying offense of record or is or has otherwise become obligated to submit a blood specimen or buccal swab sample as a result of a separate arrest, conviction, juvenile adjudication, or finding of guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 296, or as a condition of a plea. The Department of Justice is not required to destroy analytical data or other items obtained from a blood specimen or saliva, or buccal swab sample, if evidence relating to another person subject to the provisions of this chapter would thereby be destroyed or otherwise compromised. Any identification, warrant, probable cause to arrest, or arrest based upon a databank or database match is not invalidated due to a failure to expunge or a delay in expunging records. (e) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Justice DNA Laboratory is not required to expunge DNA profile or forensic identification information or destroy or return specimens, samples, or print impressions taken pursuant to this section if the duty to register under Section 290 or 457.1 is terminated. (f) Notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 17, 1170.18, 1203.4, and 1203.4a, a judge is not authorized to relieve a person of the separate administrative duty to provide specimens, samples, or print impressions required by this chapter if a person has been found guilty or was adjudicated a ward of the court by a trier of fact of a qualifying offense as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 296, or was found not guilty by reason of insanity or pleads no contest to a qualifying offense as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 296. (g) This section shall only become operative if the California Supreme Court rules to uphold the California Court of Appeal decision in People v. Buza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1446 in regard to the provisions of Section 299 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 9 of the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, Proposition 69, approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, in which case this section shall become operative immediately upon that ruling becoming final. SEC. 9. Section 300 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 300.Nothing in this chapter shall(a) This chapter does not limit or abrogate any existing authority of law enforcement officers to take, maintain, store, and utilize DNA or forensic identification markers, blood specimens, buccal swab samples, saliva samples, or thumb or palm print impressions for identification purposes. (b) A law enforcement agency may use a publicly available database, excluding a law enforcement database that is not linked to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), if the case being investigated involves a homicide or sexual assault involving force and the case is unsolved and all investigative leads have been exhausted, in which case the law enforcement agency shall review nonforensic information in order to identify additional evidence bearing on relatedness.SECTION 1.Section 338.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read: 338.5. "Political party qualification petition" means a petition circulated to qualify a political party in accordance with Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000).SEC. 2.Section 5100 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 5100. A party is qualified to participate in a primary election under any of the following conditions: (a) (1) At the last preceding gubernatorial primary election, the sum of the votes cast for all of the candidates for an office voted on throughout the state who disclosed a preference for that party on the ballot was at least 2 percent of the entire vote of the state for that office. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a party may inform the Secretary of State that it declines to have the votes cast for any candidate who has disclosed that party as his or her party preference on the ballot counted toward the 2-percent qualification threshold. If the party wishes to have votes for any candidate not counted in support of its qualification under paragraph (1), the party shall notify the Secretary of State in writing of that candidate's name by the seventh day before the gubernatorial primary election. (b) On or before the 135th day before a primary election, it appears to the Secretary of State, as a result of examining and totaling the statement of voters and their declared political preference transmitted to him or her by the county elections officials, that voters equal in number to at least 0.33 percent of the total number of voters registered on the 154th day before the primary election have declared their preference for that party. (c) On or before the 135th day before a primary election, there is filed with the Secretary of State a political party qualification petition signed by voters, equal in number to at least 10 percent of the entire vote of the state at the last preceding gubernatorial election, declaring that the voters signing the petition support qualification of a proposed party, the name of which shall be stated in the petition, which proposed party those voters desire to have participate in that primary election. The petition shall be circulated, signed, and verified, and the signatures of the voters on it shall be certified to and transmitted to the Secretary of State by the county elections officials substantially as provided for initiative petitions. Each page of the petition shall bear a caption in 18-point boldface type, which caption shall be the name of the proposed party followed by the words "Petition to participate in the primary election."SEC. 3.Section 5151 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 5151. A party is qualified to participate in a presidential general election under any of the following conditions: (a) The party qualified to participate and participated in the presidential primary election preceding the presidential general election pursuant to Section 5100. (b) (1) At the last preceding gubernatorial primary election, the sum of the votes cast for all of the candidates for an office voted on throughout the state who disclosed a preference for that party on the ballot was at least 2 percent of the entire vote of the state for that office. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a party may inform the Secretary of State that it declines to have the votes cast for any candidate who has disclosed that party as his or her party preference on the ballot counted toward the 2-percent qualification threshold. If the party wishes to have votes for any candidate not counted in support of its qualification under paragraph (1), the party shall notify the Secretary of State in writing of that candidate's name by the seventh day before the gubernatorial primary election. (c) If, on or before the 102nd day before a presidential general election, it appears to the Secretary of State, as a result of examining and totaling the statement of voters and their declared political preference transmitted to him or her by the county elections officials, that voters equal in number to at least 0.33 percent of the total number of voters registered on the 123rd day before the presidential general election have declared their preference for that party. (d) On or before the 135th day before a presidential general election, there is filed with the Secretary of State a political party qualification petition signed by voters, equal in number to at least 10 percent of the entire vote of the state at the last preceding gubernatorial election, declaring that the voters signing the petition support qualification of a proposed party, the name of which shall be stated in the petition, which proposed party those voters desire to have participate in that presidential general election. The petition shall be circulated, signed, and verified, and the signatures of the voters on it shall be certified to and transmitted to the Secretary of State by the county elections officials substantially as provided for initiative petitions. Each page of the petition shall bear a caption in 18-point boldface type, which caption shall be the name of the proposed party followed by the words "Petition to participate in the presidential general election."SEC. 4.Section 18201 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18201. A person who falsely makes or fraudulently defaces or destroys all or any part of a nomination paper or an in-lieu-filing-fee petition is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 5.Section 18202 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18202. A person who, acting on behalf of a candidate, deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place a nomination paper, in-lieu-filing-fee petition, or declaration of candidacy in his or her possession that is entitled to be filed under this code is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 6.Section 18203 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18203. A person who files or submits for filing a nomination paper, in-lieu-filing-fee petition, or declaration of candidacy knowing that it or any part of it has been made falsely is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 7.Section 18204 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18204. A person who willfully suppresses all or any part of a nomination paper, in-lieu-filing-fee petition, or declaration of candidacy either before or after filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 8.Section 18600 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18600. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures to, any state or local initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition, intentionally misrepresents or intentionally makes any false statement concerning the contents, purport, or effect of the petition to any person who signs, or who desires to sign, or who is requested to sign, or who makes inquiries with reference to it, or to whom it is presented for his or her signature. (b) Willfully and knowingly circulates, publishes, or exhibits any false statement or misrepresentation concerning the contents, purport, or effect of any state or local initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition for the purpose of obtaining any signature to, or persuading or influencing any person to sign, that petition. (c) Circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures to, any state or local initiative, or political party qualification petition intentionally makes any false statement in response to any inquiry by any voter as to whether he or she is a paid signature gatherer or a volunteer.SEC. 9.Section 18601 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18601. (a) A person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition who refuses to allow a prospective signer to read the measure or petition is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) An arrest or conviction pursuant to this section shall not invalidate or otherwise affect the validity of any signature obtained by the person arrested or convicted.SEC. 10.Section 18603 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18603. A person who offers or gives money or other valuable consideration to another in exchange for his or her signature on a state, county, municipal, or district initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 11.Section 18604 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18604. Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this article, Article 2 (commencing with Section 18610), Article 3 (commencing with Section 18620), Article 5 (commencing with Section 18640), Article 6 (commencing with Section 18650), or Article 7 (commencing with Section 18660), the court may order as a condition of probation that the convicted person be prohibited from receiving money or other valuable consideration for gathering signatures on an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition.SEC. 12.Section 18610 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18610. A person who solicits a circulator to affix a false or forged signature, or to cause or permit a false or forged signature to be affixed, to an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 13.Section 18611 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18611. A person who circulates or causes to be circulated an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 14.Section 18612 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18612. A person who knowingly signs his or her own name more than once to an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition, or signs his or her name to that petition knowing at the time of signing that he or she is not qualified to sign it, is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 15.Section 18613 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18613. A person who subscribes to an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes to the petition the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe such a name to that petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.SEC. 16.Section 18614 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18614. A person who files in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law to receive the filing, an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition to which is attached, appended, or subscribed any signature that the person filing the petition or measure knows to be false or fraudulent, or not the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 17.Section 18620 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18620. A person who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money, thing of value, or advantage of or from any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose or represented purpose of fraudulently inducing, persuading, or seeking the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition to (a) abandon the measure or petition, (b) fail, neglect, or refuse to file in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law, within the time required by law, the initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition after securing the number of signatures required to qualify the measure or petition, (c) stop the circulation of the initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition, or (d) perform any act that will prevent or aid in preventing the initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition from qualifying as an initiative or referendum measure, or the recall petition from resulting in a recall election, or political party qualification petition from qualifying a party is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 18.Section 18621 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18621. A proponent of an initiative or referendum measure, recall petition, or political party qualification petition who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money or thing of value of or from any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of abandoning the same or stopping the circulation of petitions concerning the same, or failing or neglecting or refusing to file the measure or petition in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law within the time required by law after obtaining the number of signatures required under the law to qualify the measure or petition, or withdrawing an initiative petition after filing it with the appropriate elections official, or performing any act that will prevent or aid in preventing the initiative, referendum, recall, or political party proposed from qualifying as an initiative or referendum measure, resulting in a recall election, or qualifying as a political party by a political party qualification petition is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 19.Section 18622 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18622. A person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, recall, or political party qualification petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. This section does not prohibit a proponent of the petition, or his or her agent, from compensating a circulator for his or her services.SEC. 20.Section 18630 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18630. A person who threatens to commit an assault or battery on a person circulating a referendum, initiative, recall, or political party qualification petition, or on a relative of a person circulating a referendum, initiative, recall, or political party qualification petition, or to inflict damage on the property of the circulator or the relative with the intent to dissuade the circulator from circulating the petition or in retribution for the circulation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 21.Section 18631 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18631. A person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.SEC. 22.Section 18640 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18640. A person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure, or a recall or political party qualification petition, who solicits signatures to qualify the measure or petition, accepts payment therefor, and fails to surrender the measure or petition to the proponents of the measure or petition for filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 23.Section 18650 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18650. A person shall not knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the initiative or referendum measure or recall question for the ballot or political party, except as provided in Section 6253.5 of the Government Code. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.SEC. 24.Section 18660 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18660. A person who makes a false affidavit concerning an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition, or the signatures appended to the petition, is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 25.Section 18661 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18661. A public official or employee who knowingly makes a false return, certification, or affidavit concerning an initiative, referendum, recall, or political party qualification petition, or the signatures appended to the petition, is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.SEC. 26.No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.