Senate Bill 2884

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL MEDICAL FACILITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, CRIME LABORATORIES, AND ANY OTHER FACILITIES THAT RECEIVE, MAINTAIN, STORE, OR PRESERVE SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT CONTAINING CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNUALLY TO COMPILE THE REPORT, PUBLISH THE REPORT ON HIS OR HER WEBSITE, AND SUBMIT THE REPORT TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) By September 1 of each year, all medical facilities, law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and any other facilities that receive, maintain, store, or preserve sexual assault evidence kits shall submit a report containing the following information to the Attorney General:

(a) The total number of all untested kits in possession of each the medical facilities, law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and any other facilities that receive, maintain,

store, or preserve kits.

(b) For each kit the facility shall provide:

(i) The category of the kit and whether:

1. Sexual assault was reported to a law enforcement officer;

2. Chose not to file a report with law enforcement.

(ii) The status of the kit:

1. For kits of medical facilities: the date when the kit was reported to law enforcement and the date when the kit was picked up by law enforcement;

2. For kits of a law enforcement agency: the date the kit was picked up from a medical facility, the date when the kit was submitted to a crime laboratory, and for any kit not submitted to a crime lab, the reason the kit was not submitted;

3. For kits belonging to another jurisdiction: the date that the jurisdiction was notified and the date it was picked up; and

4. For kits in possession of crime laboratories: the date the kit was received from law enforcement, from which agency the kit was received, the date when the kit was

tested, the date when the resulting information was entered into CODIS, the date when the resulting information was entered into any other database required by law, and the reason, if applicable, that a kit was not tested or a DNA profile was not created.

(d) The total number of kits destroyed and the reason for destruction.

(2) The Attorney General shall compile the data from the reports in a summary report. This summary report must include a list of all agencies or facilities that failed to participate in the inventory. The annual summary report shall be made publicly available on the Attorney General's website, and shall be submitted to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.