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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DNA DETECTION OF SEXUAL AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | VIOLENT OFFENDERS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senator Melissa A. Murray |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 12-1.5 of the General Laws entitled "DNA Detection of Sexual and 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Violent Offenders" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12-1.5-19. DNA offender audit. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The crime laboratory pursuant to chapter 1.2 of title 12 shall conduct an audit of 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | offender DNA profiles included on the state DNA databank pursuant to chapter 1.5 of title 12 in 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | order to identify the number of DNA profiles that are missing from the databank which should have 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | been collected pursuant to chapter 1.5 of title 12. The crime laboratory shall support this effort as 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | necessary to comply with report deadlines. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The audit shall initiate with offender DNA samples that were required to be collected 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | under chapter 1.5 of title 12, and shall include all samples required pursuant to ยง 12-1.5-7. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) A preliminary report including the overall number of estimated owed DNA samples 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be reported to the general assembly promptly upon completion of the initial audit, due to the 12 |
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| 35 | | - | significant risk to public safety of any failed collections. The preliminary report shall be provided 13 |
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| 36 | | - | by January 1, 2024. 14 |
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| 37 | | - | (d) A final report to further include additional details on types of offenses for which DNA 15 |
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| 38 | | - | samples are owed, and an overview of where collection failures occurred shall be submitted no 16 |
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| 39 | | - | later than December 31, 2024. Thereafter, an annual audit shall be completed and reported to the 17 |
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| 40 | | - | general assembly no later than December 31 of each year. 18 |
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| 35 | + | significant risk to public safety of any failed collections. The preliminary report should be provided 13 |
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| 36 | + | without delay, and no later than ninety (90) days after the enactment of this section or December 14 |
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| 37 | + | 15, 2023, whichever is soonest. 15 |
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| 38 | + | (d) A final report to further include additional details on types of offenses for which DNA 16 |
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| 39 | + | samples are owed, and an overview of where collection failures occurred shall be submitted no 17 |
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| 40 | + | later than December 15, 2023. Thereafter, an annual audit shall be completed and reported to the 18 |
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