Senate Bill S980

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S980 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A375
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §838-a, Exec L; amd §2, Chap of 2016 (as proposed in S.8117 & A.10067-A)
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8236, A10760

2017-S980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits.

2017-S980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    980
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and a chapter  of  the  laws  of  2016
   amending the executive law, relating to the processing and maintenance
   of  sexual  offense  evidence  kits,  as proposed in legislative bills
   numbers A.10067-A and S.8117, in relation to making  technical  amend-
   ments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 838-a of the executive law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2016, amending the executive law relating to process-
 ing and maintenance of sexual offense  evidence  kits,  as  proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  A.10067-A and S.8117, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 838-a. Maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits. 1. The following
 requirements shall apply to all sexual offense evidence kits surrendered
 to or collected by, at the request of, or with cooperation of [an agency
 engaged in a law enforcement function in the state] A POLICE  AGENCY  OR
 PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY:
   (a)  Each such POLICE agency [engaged in a law enforcement function in
 the state] AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY  shall  submit  any  sexual  offense
 evidence kits in its custody or control to an appropriate forensic labo-
 ratory within ten days of receipt.
   (b)  Each  forensic  laboratory receiving sexual offense evidence kits
 after the effective date of this  section  shall  ASSESS  CASE  SPECIFIC
 INFORMATION  FOR  COMBINED  DNA INDEX SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND, IF
 ELIGIBLE, ANALYZE THE KITS AND ATTEMPT TO develop  [Combined  DNA  Index
 System  (CODIS)]  CODIS  eligible profiles of any potential perpetrators
 from the evidence [tested and, within ninety days after receipt of  such
 kit,]  SUBMITTED.  THE  FORENSIC  LAB  SHALL  report  the results to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07066-01-7
              

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