MN SF1786

State and local law enforcement agencies must report annual sexual assault data to the commissioner of public safety, including numbers of cases reported, assigned to investigators, referred to prosecutors, charged, dismissed, and resulting in convictions.

Commissioner of public safety must publish sexual assault reports on the department website and submit them to legislative committees with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and finance, separated by individual agency and in aggregate.

Definition of "mentally incapacitated" is amended to include persons significantly impaired by alcohol, narcotics, anesthetics, or other substances who lack judgment to give reasoned consent, effective August 1, 2019.

Sexual assault victims may report crimes to any law enforcement agency regardless of where the crime occurred; the agency must prepare a summary and refer the matter to the jurisdiction where the crime was committed.

Every state and local law enforcement agency chief must establish and enforce a written policy on responding to and investigating sexual assault reports substantially incorporating the board's model policy by October 1, 2019.