Assembly Bill A5188

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to untested sexual offense evidence kit collection reports

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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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2023-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §838-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6619
2017-2018: A4801
2019-2020: A3537
2021-2022: A5048

2023-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies to conduct an inventory of all untested sexual offense evidence collection kits; requires a report to the legislature and the governor.

2023-A5188 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5188
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO,  BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DiPIETRO,
   FRIEND, J. M. GIGLIO, HAWLEY, MORINELLO, TAGUE --  Multi-Sponsored  by
   --  M.  of A.   BARCLAY, BYRNES, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, REILLY --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  untested  sexual
   offense evidence kit collection reports
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  838-c
 to read as follows:
   §  838-C.  UNTESTED SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT COLLECTION REPORT.  1.
 AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING  MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A)  "FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION" SHALL MEAN AN EXAMINATION PROVIDED
 TO THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL OFFENSE BY A  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE OF GATHERING AND PRESERVING EVIDENCE OF A SEXUAL OFFENSE FOR USE
 IN A COURT OF LAW;
   (B)  "SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  COLLECTION  KIT"  SHALL  MEAN A HUMAN
 BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN OR SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER
 DURING  A  FORENSIC  MEDICAL  EXAMINATION  FROM  THE  VICTIM OF A SEXUAL
 OFFENSE; AND
   (C) "UNTESTED SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE COLLECTION  KIT"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  COLLECTION KIT THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED TO
 THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE LABORATORY OR A SIMILAR  QUALIFIED  LABORATORY
 FOR EITHER A SEROLOGY OR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) TEST.
   2.  BY  THE  FIRST  OF  NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AND EVERY
 FIRST OF NOVEMBER THEREAFTER, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES  AND  DEPART-
 MENTS  CHARGED  WITH THE MAINTENANCE, STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF SEXUAL
 OFFENSE EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS SHALL CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF ALL  SUCH
 KITS BEING STORED BY THE AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08465-01-3
 A. 5188                             2
              

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