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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1291 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 10-11-2-33. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Rape kits. Requires the superintendent of the state police |
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| 8 | 8 | | department to: (1) obtain data from law enforcement agencies |
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| 9 | 9 | | concerning medical forensic examination kits in the agencies' |
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| 10 | 10 | | possession; and (2) report a summary of the data to the legislative |
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| 11 | 11 | | council. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Klinker |
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| 14 | 14 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public |
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| 15 | 15 | | Safety. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2025 IN 1291—LS 7511/DI 107 Introduced |
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| 17 | 17 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 18 | 18 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 19 | 19 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 20 | 20 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 22 | 22 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 24 | 24 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 26 | 26 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1291 |
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| 28 | 28 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 29 | 29 | | criminal law and procedure. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 10-11-2-33, AS ADDED BY P.L.161-2014, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 33. (a) As used in this section, "law |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 enforcement agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-15-2. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 (b) The superintendent shall adopt guidelines to accomplish the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 following: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (1) Establish a standard medical forensic examination kit for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 victims of a sex crime. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (2) Create and distribute a reporting form in print or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 electronic format, or both, for law enforcement agencies to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 provide the superintendent with the following information |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 concerning medical forensic examination kits: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (A) The total number of kits collected by the law |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 enforcement agency. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 (B) The total number of kits: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 (i) in the law enforcement agency's possession; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 (ii) awaiting testing by a crime lab. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2025 IN 1291—LS 7511/DI 107 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1 (C) The average number of days between a law |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2 enforcement agency's submission of a kit to a crime lab for |
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| 51 | 51 | | 3 testing and the production of the kit's test results. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4 (c) The information described in subsection (b)(2) shall be |
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| 53 | 53 | | 5 provided to the superintendent: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 6 (1) in the manner prescribed by the guidelines adopted under |
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| 55 | 55 | | 7 this section; and |
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| 56 | 56 | | 8 (2) not later than July 1 of each year. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 9 (b) (d) The superintendent shall distribute the standard medical |
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| 58 | 58 | | 10 forensic examination kits to hospitals and other health care providers |
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| 59 | 59 | | 11 who may provide forensic medical examinations to the victims of a sex |
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| 60 | 60 | | 12 crime. The superintendent may adopt guidelines to carry out this |
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| 61 | 61 | | 13 subsection. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 14 (e) The superintendent shall provide a summary of the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 15 information described in subsection (b)(2) in an electronic format |
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| 64 | 64 | | 16 under IC 5-14-6 to the legislative council before September 1 of |
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| 65 | 65 | | 17 each year for the preceding state fiscal year. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 2025 IN 1291—LS 7511/DI 107 |
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