The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
SB 242 Original 2015 Regular Session Morrell
Proposed law requires each criminal justice agency, including college and university campus police
departments, to report all of the following information for the preceding calendar year no later than
January 15
th
of each year:
(1)The number of sexually-oriented criminal offenses reported.
(2)The number of sexually-oriented criminal offenses investigated.
(3)The number of sexual assault collection kits submitted for analysis.
Proposed law requires each municipal criminal justice agency which is a member of the LA
Association of Chiefs of Police to submit their information required in proposed law to the LA
Association of Chiefs of Police.
Proposed law requires the sheriff of each parish to submit the information required in proposed law
to the LA Sheriffs' Association.
Proposed law requires that any criminal justice agency which is not a member of the LA Association
of Chiefs of Police or the LA Sheriffs' Association to submit the information required in proposed
law to the legislative auditor.
Proposed law requires the LA Association of Chiefs of Police, the LA Sheriffs' Association, and the
legislative auditor to transmit the information required in proposed law to the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Judiciary B and the chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary by March 1st of
each year. Proposed law further requires the report to include the name and contact information of
each criminal justice agency that failed to submit the report required by proposed law.
Proposed law requires the LA Association of Chiefs of Police, the LA Sheriffs Association, and the
legislative auditor to collaborate to develop a common reporting templet in order to submit the
information to the legislative committees as required by proposed law.
Proposed law defines "criminal justice agency" as any government agency or subunit thereof, or
private agency that, through statutory authorization or a legal formal agreement with a governmental
unit or agency, has the power of investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, treatment,
supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of a crime; or that
collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates criminal history records or crime information.
Proposed law defines "sexual assault collection kit" as a human biological specimen or specimens
collected by a health care provider during a forensic medical examination from the victim of a sexually-oriented criminal offense.
Proposed law defines "sexually-oriented criminal offense" as sexual assault offenses and sexual
abuse offenses as defined in certain criminal statutes.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Add R.S. 15:623)