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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 36 By: Brooks
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to DNA testing; amending Sect ion 5,
66	66	Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2013 (22 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
67	67	1373.4), which relates to hearing; defining term;
68	68	updating statutory references; and providing an
69	69	effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 5, Chapter 317, O.S.L.
77	77	2013 (22 O.S. Supp. 20 20, Section 1373.4), is amended to read as
78	78	follows:
79	79	Section 1373.4. A. After the motion requesting forensic DNA
80	80	testing and subsequent response have been filed, the se ntencing
81	81	court shall hold a hear ing to determine whether DNA forensic testing
82	82	will be ordered. A court shall order DNA tes ting only if the court
83	83	finds:
84	84	1. A reasonable probability that the petitioner would not have
85	85	been convicted if favorable results had been obtained through DNA
86	86	testing at the time of the original prosecution . For the purposes
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139	139	must show by a preponderance o f the evidence that he or she woul d
140	140	not have been prosecuted or convicted if exculpatory results had
141	141	been obtained through DNA testing. Exculpatory results include, but
142	142	are not limited to, evidence that wo uld impeach a witness ;
143	143	2. The request for DNA testing is made to demo nstrate the
144	144	innocence of the convicted perso n and is not made to unreasonabl y
145	145	delay the execution of the sentence or the administration o f
146	146	justice;
147	147	3. One or more of the items of evidence the convicted person
148	148	seeks to have tested still exists;
149	149	4. The evidence to be tested was secured in relation t o the
150	150	challenged conviction and either was not previously subject to DNA
151	151	testing or, if previ ously tested for DNA, the evidence can be
152	152	subjected to additional DNA testing that will provide a reasonable
153	153	likelihood of more probative results; and
154	154	5. The chain of custody of the evidence to be tested is
155	155	sufficient to establish that the evidence has no t been substituted,
156	156	tampered with, replaced or altered in any material respect or, if
157	157	the chain of custody does not est ablish the integrity of the
158	158	evidence, the testing itself has the potential t o establish the
159	159	integrity of the evidence. For purposes of this act the
160	160	Postconviction DNA Act, evidence that has been in the custody of law
161	161	enforcement, other government officials or a public or private
162	162	hospital shall be presumed to satisfy the chain -of-custody
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214	214	requirement of this subsection absent specific eviden ce of material
215	215	tampering, replacement or alteration.
216	216	B. If at the close of the hearing the court orders DNA forensic
217	217	testing to be conducted, the court by written order shall require
218	218	the attorney representing the state to effect the transfer of the
219	219	item or items of evidence to be tested along with any documents,
220	220	logs or reports relating to the items of evidence collected in
221	221	connection with the crim inal case to the designated laboratory or
222	222	laboratories within thirty (30) days of the order. In addition, the
223	223	court shall require the attorney representing the state to assist
224	224	the petitioner in locating any evidence the state contends was lost,
225	225	destroyed or in the possession of any other governmental entity,
226	226	public or private hospital, laboratory or other facilit y.
227	227	C. If the attorney representing the state or the petitioner
228	228	previously conducted any DNA analysis or other biological -evidence
229	229	testing without the knowledge of the other party, such testing shall
230	230	be revealed in the motion requesting forensic DNA testin g or
231	231	response.
232	232	D. The court may order DNA testing to be performed by the
233	233	Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), an accredited
234	234	laboratory operating under contract with the OSBI or anoth er
235	235	accredited laboratory, as defined in Section 150.37 of Title 74 of
236	236	the Oklahoma Statutes. If the OSBI or an accredited laboratory
237	237	under contract with the OSBI conducts the testing, the state shall
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289	289	bear the costs of the testing. If another laboratory c onducts the
290	290	testing because neither the OSBI nor an accredited laboratory under
291	291	contract with the OSBI has the ability or the resources to conduct
292	292	the type of DNA testing to be performed, or if an accredited
293	293	laboratory that is neither the OSBI nor under co ntract with the OSBI
294	294	is chosen for some other reason, then the court shall require the
295	295	petitioner to pay for the testing.
296	296	E. The results of any postconviction DNA testing conducted
297	297	under the provisions of this act the Postconviction DNA Act,
298	298	including any laboratory reports prepared in connection with the
299	299	testing, the underlying data or other laboratory documents, shall be
300	300	disclosed to the petitioner, the attorney for the state and the
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302	302	F. If an accredited laboratory ot her than the OSBI or one under
303	303	contract with the OSBI performs the DNA testing, the co urt shall
304	304	impose reasonable conditions on the testing of the evidence to
305	305	protect the interests of the parties in the integrity of the
306	306	evidence and testing process and to preserve the evidence to the
307	307	greatest extent possible.
308	308	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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