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HB719

Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification, storage.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Eileen Filler-Corn (D)

Session:
2022 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification; storage.

Provides that for a physical evidence recovery kit that (i) was collected by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as part of a routine death investigation and the medical examiner and the law-enforcement agency agree that analysis is not warranted, (ii) was determined by the law-enforcement agency not to be connected to a criminal offense, or (iii) is connected to an offense that occurred outside of the Commonwealth or another law-enforcement agency has taken over responsibility of the investigation and such kit is not transferred to another law-enforcement agency, the law-enforcement agency that received the physical evidence recovery kit shall store such kit for a period of 10 years or until 10 years after the victim reaches the age of majority if the victim was a minor at the time of collection, whichever is longer. The bill provides that after the mandatory retention period, the law-enforcement agency may destroy the physical evidence recovery kit, or in its discretion, may elect to retain the physical evidence recovery kit for a longer period of time. The bill also provides that when a state or local law-enforcement agency located within the Commonwealth has taken over responsibility for the investigation related to the physical evidence recovery kit, unless one of the other exceptions for submitting such kit to the Department of Forensic Science applies, the physical evidence recovery kit shall be transferred to such law-enforcement agency and such law-enforcement agency shall submit the physical evidence recovery kit to the Department of Forensic Science within 60 days of receipt from the original receiving law-enforcement agency. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/11/2022 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103051D
  • 01/11/2022 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/25/2022 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 01/26/2022 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/26/2022 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 01/28/2022 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
  • 01/28/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22105163D-H1
  • 02/01/2022 - House: Read first time
  • 02/02/2022 - House: Read second time
  • 02/02/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105163D-H1
  • 02/02/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB719H1
  • 02/03/2022 - House: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/03/2022 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/03/2022 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 02/03/2022 - House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/03/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB719H1)
  • 02/04/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/04/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
  • 02/16/2022 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/16/2022 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 0-N)
  • 02/18/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2022 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/21/2022 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
  • 02/21/2022 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/21/2022 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 02/21/2022 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2022 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2022 - House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/25/2022 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/25/2022 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB719ER)
  • 02/25/2022 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/25/2022 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/28/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB719ER)
  • 03/11/2022 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 03/11/2022 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 04/11/2022 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/22)

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