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SB 158 Sexual assault investigations; collection and storage of evidence.

Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Physical evidence recovery kit. Requires the Department of State Police, all police and sheriff's departments, and every campus police department to submit all physical evidence recovery kits that are in their custody on July 1, 2016, and all physical evidence recovery kits that come into their custody after July 1, 2016, to the Department of Forensic Science for analysis. Forensic evidence that does not meet the standards for retention in a state or national data bank shall be returned to the law-enforcement agency that submitted the physical evidence recovery kit, which shall store such kit whether or not the victim has reported the sexual assault to law enforcement. This bill was incorporated into SB 291.

FULL TEXT

• 12/29/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101390D  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/29/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101390D
• 12/29/15  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/01/16  Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB291-Black) (14-Y 0-N)