SB 1460 Summary

• Establishes statutory rights for sexual assault survivors in addition to constitutional victims' bill of rights protections.

• Guarantees survivors cannot be prevented from or charged for receiving a medical forensic examination, regardless of whether they report to law enforcement or cooperate with investigation.

• Requires sexual assault evidence collection kits to be preserved without charge for 55 years or the applicable retention period under section 13-4221, whichever is shorter.

• Entitles survivors to be informed of examination results including DNA profile matches, toxicology reports, and other medical forensic information unless disclosure would impede an ongoing investigation.

• Requires written notification at least 60 days before destruction or disposal of evidence and grants survivors the right to request further preservation of evidence collection kits.