ASSEMBLY, No. 908

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman  MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Stanley, Assemblywomen Dunn, Katz, Assemblymen Bailey, Hutchison, Miller, Assemblywomen Murphy, Donlon, Peterpaul and Ramirez

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee with technical review.

  


An Act concerning sexual assault forensic evidence kits and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  The Attorney General shall establish a Statewide sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking system.  The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or a directive establishing the system.

     b.  As used in this section, “sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking system” means an Internet-based system that allows a person, including a victim; a State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer; an employee of a healthcare facility or laboratory, as deemed appropriate by the Attorney General; and any other person, as deemed appropriate by the Attorney General, to track a sexual assault forensic evidence kit through the chain of custody from the time of collection at a healthcare facility to the transfer to a local law enforcement agency, submission to an appropriate laboratory for processing and testing, and final disposition.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment, but the Attorney General may take any administrative action in advance as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act.