Bill Text: HI SB2309 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sexual Assault Collection Kit; Reporting; Attorney General; Sexual Assault; Forensic Evidence ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-18 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Kawakami, Kong, Tokioka excused (4). [SB2309 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2309-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 844D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§844D- Sexual assault evidence; reporting. (a) By December 1, 2016, all law enforcement agencies and departments charged with the maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits shall conduct an inventory of all such kits being stored by the agency or department.
(b) By December 1, 2016, each law enforcement agency and department shall compile, in writing, a report containing the number of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits in the possession of the agency or department and the date the sexual assault evidence collection kit was collected. The report shall be transmitted to the department of the attorney general.
(c) By January 1, 2017, the department of the attorney general shall prepare and transmit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives containing the number of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits being stored by each county, by each law enforcement agency or department, and the date the untested kit was collected. The report shall contain the following information:
(1) An explanation of the processes that were used in the past to decide which sexual assault evidence collection kits were and were not tested;
(2) Progress made to reduce the number of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits to date;
(3) A plan and expected timeframe for further reduction of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits;
(4) A plan for determining priority of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits and new sexual assault evidence collection kits for testing;
(5) Processes that have been adopted or will be adopted to better track and inventory tested and untested sexual assault evidence collection kits, including their locations;
(6) Expected outcomes from testing untested sexual assault evidence collection kits and testing new sexual assault evidence collection kits;
(7) Victim notification, support services, and other resources that may become necessary in connection with testing untested sexual assault evidence kits and new sexual assault evidence collection kits;
(8) The expected cost of all projected plans and processes not yet in place for testing untested sexual assault evidence collection kits and new sexual assault evidence collection kits;
(9) An assessment of potential funding sources, including federal grants for which applications have been, will be, or may be submitted; and
(10) Potential areas for further legislative action or policy changes.
(d) As used in this section:
"Forensic medical examination" means an examination provided to the victim of a sexually-oriented criminal offense by a health care provider for the purpose of gathering and preserving evidence of a sexual assault.
"Sexual assault evidence collection kit" means a human biological specimen or specimens collected by a health care provider during a forensic medical examination from the victim of a sexually-oriented criminal offense and related to a criminal investigation.
"Untested sexual assault evidence collection kit" means a sexual assault evidence collection kit that has not been submitted to a qualified laboratory for either a serology or DNA test."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Sexual Assault Collection Kit; Reporting; Attorney General; Sexual Assault; Forensic Evidence
Description:
Requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile information on untested sexual assault collection kits and transmit the information to the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to prepare a comprehensive assessment and plan regarding untested sexual assault evidence collection kits and transmit the assessment to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (SB2309 HD1)
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