Tennessee HB0679 amends sexual assault laws to mandate DNA analysis within 120 days and flag kits delayed beyond this period.
Tennessee HB0679 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Title 38, and Title 39, relative to sexual assault. It mandates the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to perform serology or DNA analysis on a sexual assault evidence collection kit within 120 days of receipt. If the bureau fails to meet this deadline, it must flag the kit in the electronic tracking system and provide a written explanation to the submitting law enforcement agency. The flagged kit must then be analyzed within a reasonable time.
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