00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 117(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act requiring an inventory and reports on untested sexual assault examination kits;                                 
02 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       REPORT ON UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION KITS. (a) By                                                        
07 September 1, 2015, each law enforcement agency and state department charged with the                                    
08 maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault examination kits shall conduct an                              
09 inventory of untested sexual assault examination kits and report, in writing, to the Department                         
10 of Public Safety the number of untested sexual assault examination kits in the possession of                            
11 the agency or department and the date on which each sexual assault examination kit was                                  
12 collected.                                                                                                              
13       (b)  By November 1, 2015, the Department of Public Safety shall prepare and transmit                              
14 a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that                            
01 contains                                                                                                                
02            (1)  the number of untested sexual assault examination kits stored by each law                               
03 enforcement agency or department;                                                                                       
04            (2)  the date each untested sexual assault examination kit was collected; and                                
05            (3)  a plan for addressing the backlog and prevention of a backlog of untested                               
06 sexual assault examination kits.                                                                                        
07       (c)  The Department of Public Safety shall deliver a copy of the report prepared under                            
08 (b) of this section to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives                         
09 and notify the legislature that the report is available.                                                                
10       (d)  In this section, "untested sexual assault examination kit" means a sexual assault                            
11 examination kit with evidence that                                                                                      
12            (1)  has been collected but that has not been submitted to a laboratory operated                             
13 or approved by the Department of Public Safety for either a serological or DNA test; or                                 
14            (2)  has been collected and submitted to a laboratory operated or approved by                                
15 the Department of Public Safety but that has not had a serological or DNA test conducted on                             
16 the evidence.                                                                                                           
17    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).