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By Representative Brown
RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
First Read: 07-Mar-23
PFD: 08-Feb-23
2023 Regular Session
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Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to criminal procedure; to require law
enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences to submit an annual report containing certain data
regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency; and to require the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency to submit an annual report containing
certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Chairs of
the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
term "sexual assault" is as defined in Section 15-23-121, Code
of Alabama 1975.
(b) By the first day of April of each year, every law
enforcement agency, as defined in Section 15-5-62, Code of
Alabama 1975, shall report all of the following information
for the prior calendar year to the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency:
(1) The number of new sexual assault cases reported.
(2) The number of new sexual assault cases reported
where evidence from a medical forensic examination was
submitted for forensic analysis.
(3) The number of sexual assault cases reported where
evidence from a medical forensic examination was not submitted
for forensic analysis and the reason it was not submitted.
(4) The number of sexual assault cases that were closed
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due to judicial or investigative reasons and the reasons the
cases were closed.
(c) By the first day of April of each year, the Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences shall report all of the
following information for the prior calendar year to the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency:
(1) The number of sexual assault cases received.
(2) The number of sexual assault cases completed.
(3) The number of sexual assault cases in progress as
of December 31 of the prior calendar year.
(d) By the first day of May of each year, the Alabama
State Law Enforcement Agency shall transmit a summary report
to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
containing all of the following:
(1) The information submitted in accordance with
subsections (b) and (c).
(2) The name and contact information of any entity that
failed to comply with subsections (b) and (c).
Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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________________________________________________
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 11-Apr-23.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 02-May-23 Passed
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