ESSB 5576: Concerning sexual assault procedures.

What this bill does

Requires jail and prison facilities to collect biological samples before a convicted person required to provide a sample is released from confinement, and establishes procedures to collect biological samples if such samples are not collected prior to a person's release from confinement. Requires convicted persons who must provide a biological sample, who will not serve a term of confinement, to be administratively booked at a city or county jail to provide a biological sample. Requires sentencing courts to create and implement a biological sample collection protocol. Limits, in a prosecution for sex offenses, evidence of a victim's social media account depicting past sexual behavior to prove the victim's consent or attack the credibility of the victim.

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Floor votes

• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  47 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting

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