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2015 House Bill 1068: Concerning sexual assault examination kits
Public Act 247 of 2015
Introduced by Rep. Tina Orwall (Des Moines) (D) on January 12, 2015
For Bill Information, please click HERE. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on January 12, 2015
Substitute offered in the House on January 23, 2015
Requires a law enforcement agency to submit a request for laboratory
examination within 30 days of receiving a sexual assault examination kit,
provided that the victim or the victim's legal guardian has consented to
analysis of the kit as part of a sexual assault investigation.
Specifies that failure to comply with the 30-day deadline does not create a
private right of action against the law enforcement agency and is not a basis
to exclude evidence in a court proceeding or to set aside a conviction or
sentence.
Creates a work group to study the issue of untested sexual assault
examination kits in Washington, which must file an annual report through
June 30, 2018.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 27, 2015
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 26, 2015
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 27, 2015
Received in the Senate on March 4, 2015
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on March 4, 2015
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 31, 2015
Provides that consent to test the kit is not required if the victim is a person under the age
of 18 who is not emancipated. The crime laboratory must give priority to laboratory
examination of sexual assault examination kits at the request of a local law enforcement
agency. The caucus leaders select legislative members of the taskforce. The membership of
the taskforce is changed to include members from one state and one private institution of
higher education. The members from an additional statewide law enforcement agency and
the innocence project are eliminated. The taskforce is led by legislative members instead of
law enforcement and victims' advocacy groups. Taskforce members are reimbursed for
expenses.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 31, 2015
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 1, 2015
Requires a law enforcement agency to submit a request for laboratory
examination within 30 days of receiving a sexual assault examination kit,
provided that the victim or the victim's legal guardian has consented to
analysis of the kit as part of a sexual assault investigation.
Received in the House on April 21, 2015
House concurred in Senate amendment.
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 14, 2015