SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 22E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting before the first sentence  the following:-

Any person who is arrested by virtue of process, or is taken into custody by an officer and charged with the commission of a felony shall submit a DNA sample upon arrest. 

Said section 3, as so appearing, is further amended in lines 5 - 7, by striking the words “within 1 year of such conviction or adjudication or, if incarcerated, before release from custody, whichever occurs first” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

forthwith upon conviction. 

SECTION 2. Section 11 of said chapter 22E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the section, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 

Any person required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to this chapter and who fails to provide such DNA sample upon arrest, conviction or adjudication shall be subject to arrest, punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months or both.

SECTION 3.  Section 15 of said chapter 22E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “expunged”, in line 3, the following words:- if the original offense upon which the collection of DNA is based does not result in a conviction or adjudication; or