New JerseyNew Jersey would set aside $500,000 for genetic genealogy grants
If enacted, New Jersey would set aside $500,000 to help police and medical examiners pay for DNA testing and searches of family-history databases.
What it does
The state would put $500,000 into a fund for grants to police and medical examiners. The grants would help pay DNA labs and genetic genealogy centers.
Argument forGrants could help police and medical examiners pay for DNA work in serious unsolved crime cases and cases involving unidentified remains.
Argument againstSome funded DNA searches could yield no useful lead, even though the state still pays for lab work and genealogy centers.
More detail
The state would put $500,000 into a fund for genetic genealogy grants. State, county, and local police and medical examiners could receive the grants. The Attorney General would set grant application and eligibility rules. The fund could pay only the listed DNA lab and genealogy center costs. The funding provisions would take effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 1Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety CommitteeIntroduced
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