Bill Text: IA HF2312 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to testing violent crime evidence collection kits by the state criminalistics laboratory. (Formerly HSB 617.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-14 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2312 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2312-Introduced.html
House File 2312 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 617) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to testing violent crime evidence collection 2 kits by the state criminalistics laboratory. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6128HV (1) 87 jm/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 691.10 Untested violent crime 1 2 evidence collection kit. 1 3 1. As used in this section, "untested violent crime evidence 1 4 collection kit" means an untested crime evidence kit related to 1 5 a death, sexual abuse, or an assault that has been submitted 1 6 to the state criminalistics laboratory for either a serology 1 7 or deoxyribonucleic acid test. 1 8 2. The commissioner of the department of public safety shall 1 9 develop and implement a plan with discernible goals and metrics 1 10 to reduce the processing time of an untested violent crime 1 11 evidence collection kit to less than ninety days from the date 1 12 the kit is submitted to the state criminalistics laboratory. 1 13 The plan shall be posted on the internet site of the department 1 14 of public safety. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 18 This bill relates to testing violent crime evidence 1 19 collection kits by the state criminalistics laboratory. 1 20 The bill defines "untested violent crime evidence collection 1 21 kit" to mean an untested crime evidence kit related to a 1 22 death, sexual abuse, or an assault that has been submitted to 1 23 the state criminalistics laboratory for either a serology or 1 24 deoxyribonucleic acid test. 1 25 The bill requires the commissioner of the department of 1 26 public safety to develop and implement a plan with discernible 1 27 goals and metrics to reduce the processing time of an untested 1 28 violent crime evidence collection kit to less than 90 days 1 29 from the date the kit is submitted to the state criminalistics 1 30 laboratory. The plan shall be posted on the internet site of 1 31 the department of public safety. LSB 6128HV (1) 87 jm/jh