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AR HB1218

Bill

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/1/2019

Primary Sponsor

Dwight Tosh

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Origin

House of Representatives

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arkansas Code § 12-12-301 to reorganize and expand the list of services offered by the State Crime Laboratory to law enforcement
  • Replaces general language about "pathology and biology, toxicology, criminalistics, raw drug analysis, latent fingerprint identification, questioned documents examination, firearms and toolmarks identification" with a detailed enumerated list
  • Adds digital evidence analysis as a new service category offered by the laboratory
  • Specifies nine service areas: forensic pathology, toxicology, physical evidence analysis, DNA analysis, drug analysis, latent fingerprint identification, firearms and toolmarks analysis, digital evidence analysis, and other areas deemed necessary by the State Crime Laboratory Board
  • Approved April 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Concerning The Services Offered To Law Enforcement By The State Crime Laboratory.

Last Action

Notification that HB1218 is now Act 636

4/1/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/28/2019
Judiciary1/22/2019

Full Bill Text

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