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Gavin Newsom signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org\/bills\/ca_202320240sb1099?slug=CA_202320240SB1099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bill<\/a> into law Wednesday that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state&#8217;s newborn genetic biobank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We still won&#8217;t know who is using your DNA for research, or what the research is for, but the California Department of Public Health must now reveal the number of newborn DNA samples that California is storing and the number of DNA samples that the state sells to researchers each year.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>California has stored blood spots from every baby born in the state since the 1980s. Researchers and law enforcement can use those DNA samples without your knowledge or consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re related to someone who was born in California since 1983, a portion of your DNA is likely in the state&#8217;s massive Newborn Genetic Biobank. 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