HLS 22RS-684 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 431
BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN
CRIME/DNA: Provides relative to DNA database cross-referencing
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 15:622.1, relative to the use of DNA in criminal investigations; to provide
3 relative to sexual assault collection kits; to provide relative to the comparison of
4 DNA; to provide relative to criminal investigations; to prohibit the use of DNA in
5 certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 15:622.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง622.1. Sexual assault collection kits; prohibited use in criminal investigation of
9 victim
10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, DNA obtained
11 by a criminal justice agency from a sexual assault collection kit as defined in R.S.
12 15:622 shall not be compared with other DNA records as defined in R.S. 15:603 for
13 the purpose of investigating the person who submitted the DNA if that person is
14 charged with or suspected of committing any criminal offense.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 431 Original 2022 Regular Session Jordan
Abstract: Prohibits the use of DNA obtained from a sexual assault collection kit in an
investigation against the person who submitted the DNA if that person is charged
with or suspected of committing any criminal offense.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 22RS-684 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 431
Proposed law provides that DNA obtained by a criminal justice agency from a sexual assault
collection kit shall not be compared with other DNA records for the purpose of investigating
the person who submitted the DNA if that person is charged with or suspected of committing
any criminal offense.
(Adds R.S. 15:622.1)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.