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Florida House Bill H0847 Compare Versions

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10	10		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14		A bill to be entitled 1
15	15		An act relating to the Expedited DNA Testing Grant 2
16	16		Program; creating s. 943.328, F.S.; defining the term 3
17	17		"private laboratory"; creating the Expedited DNA 4
18	18		Testing Grant Program within the Department of Law 5
19	19		Enforcement; providing for the annual award of grants; 6
20	20		specifying uses of grants; requiring an annual report 7
21		-	by each grant recipient; providing ~~rulemaking~~ 8
22		-	~~authority; providing an effective date.~~ 9
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24		-	~~Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:~~ 11
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26		-	~~Section 1. Section 943.328, Florida Statutes, is created~~ 13
27		-	~~to read:~~ 14
28		-	~~943.328 Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program.~~ — 15
29		-	~~(1) As used in this section, the term "private~~ laboratory" 16
30		-	~~means any DNA laboratory accre dited for a minimum of 5 years in~~ 17
31		-	~~accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and the applicable Federal~~ 18
32		-	~~Bureau of Investigation Quality Assurance Standards.~~ 19
33		-	~~(2) There is created within the department the Expedited~~ 20
34		-	DNA Testing ~~Grant Program to award grants to law enforcement~~ 21
35		-	~~agencies for the processing of evidentiary items for DNA testing~~ 22
36		-	~~as provided in subsection~~ (4). 23
37		-	~~(3)~~ The ~~department shall annually award to law enforcement~~ 24
38		-	~~agencies any funds specifically appropriated for the grant~~ 25
	21	+	by each grant recipient; providing an effective date. 8
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	23	+	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Stat e of Florida: 10
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	25	+	Section 1. Section 943.328, Florida Statutes, is created 12
	26	+	to read: 13
	27	+	943.328 Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program. — 14
	28	+	(1) As used in this section, the term "private laboratory" 15
	29	+	means any DNA laboratory accredited for a minimum of 5 years i n 16
	30	+	accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and the applicable Federal 17
	31	+	Bureau of Investigation Quality Assurance Standards. 18
	32	+	(2) There is created within the department the Expedited 19
	33	+	DNA Testing Grant Program to award grants to law enforcement 20
	34	+	agencies for the processing of evidentiary items for DNA testing 21
	35	+	as provided in subsection (4). 22
	36	+	(3) The department shall annually award to law enforcement 23
	37	+	agencies any funds specifically appropriated for the grant 24
	38	+	program to cover testing of DNA samples by private laborat ories 25
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51		-	program to cover testing o f DNA samples by private laboratories 26
52		-	as provided in subsection (4). 27
53		-	(4) Grants may be used by a law enforcement agency for any 28
54		-	of the following: 29
55		-	(a) When the technology or technique needed to properly 30
56		-	test the DNA sample is not readily available at a local or state 31
57		-	laboratory. 32
58		-	(b) When, in the agency's judgment, expedited testing of 33
59		-	the DNA sample is in the best interest of advancing an 34
60		-	investigation. 35
61		-	(5) Each grant recipient shall provide a report to the 36
62		-	executive director no later than 1 year a fter receipt of 37
63		-	funding. The report shall include: 38
64		-	(a) The amount of annual funding received from this grant. 39
65		-	(b) The number of cases tested by the private laboratory. 40
66		-	(c) The type of DNA testing used, including the name of 41
67		-	the private laboratory t o which such testing was outsourced and 42
68		-	the type of primary equipment used by the private laboratory for 43
69		-	such testing. 44
70		-	(d) The lab report with the results of the DNA testing. 45
71		-	(e) The average amount of time it took to complete the DNA 46
72		-	testing. 47
73		-	(6) The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 48
74		-	120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and administer this section 49
75		-	and to establish the process for the allocation of grant funds. 50
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88		-	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 51
	51	+	as provided in subsection (4). 26
	52	+	(4) Grants may be used by a law enforcement agency for any 27
	53	+	of the following: 28
	54	+	(a) When the technology or technique needed to properly 29
	55	+	test the DNA sample is not readily available at a local or state 30
	56	+	laboratory. 31
	57	+	(b) When, in the agency's judgement, expedited testing of 32
	58	+	the DNA sample is in the best interest of advancing the 33
	59	+	investigation. 34
	60	+	(5) Each grant recipient shall provide a report no later 35
	61	+	than 1 year after receipt of funding. The report shall include: 36
	62	+	(a) The amount of annual funding received from this grant. 37
	63	+	(b) The number of cases tested by the private laboratory. 38
	64	+	(c) The type of DNA testing used, including the name of 39
	65	+	the private laboratory to which such testing was outsourced and 40
	66	+	the type of primary equipment used by the private laboratory for 41
	67	+	such testing. 42
	68	+	(d) The lab report with the results of the DNA testing. 43
	69	+	(e) The average amount of time it took to complete 44
	70	+	testing. 45
	71	+	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 46