SB 1066 Summary

• Extends postmortem examination and autopsy requirements to medical examiners and other agencies (previously limited to coroners), including fingerprints, dental records, tissue samples, and photographs of unidentified deceased persons.

• Requires coroners and medical examiners to submit dental records within 45 days and final investigation reports within 180 days of discovering unidentified remains, using the Department of Justice's Unidentified Deceased Person Reporting Form.

• Expands missing person reporting requirements to individuals under 21 years of age (previously under 16), requiring law enforcement to transmit reports electronically to the Department of Justice within 2 hours if the person is at-risk.

• Prohibits law enforcement agencies from removing missing person entries from databases based solely on the missing person's age.

• Establishes the Department of Justice as a statewide repository for investigation reports and dental records in the Violent Crime Information Center and National Crime Information Center databases.