ENROLLED
ACT No. 625
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 431
BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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 victim of the sexually-oriented criminal offense who
14 submitted the DNA if that victim is charged with or suspected of committing any
15 criminal offense.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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