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2019 SESSION
HB 2080 Physical evidence recovery kit tracking system.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. Provides that the Department of Forensic Science (Department) shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits where such kits will be assigned a unique identification number to track each kit from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The bill provides that the Department shall provide access to the tracking system to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The bill also provides that a health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. The bill provides that records entered into the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102186D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106263D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2080ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102186D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/30/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106263D-H1
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time
- 02/04/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106263D-H1
- 02/04/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2080H1
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2080ER)
- 02/21/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 02/28/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)