SB 881 Summary

• Transfers the evidence warehouse and its contents from the Department of Justice to the Department of Public Safety, renaming it the "Victim Services Warehouse"

• Assigns the Office of External Affairs within the Department of Public Safety responsibility for storage and management of all evidence housed in the warehouse, including rape kits

• Makes technical corrections to General Statutes regarding the Department of Public Safety organizational structure, removing separate listings for Division of Adult Correction and Division of Juvenile Justice as distinct departments

• Establishes new responsibilities for the Department of Public Safety regarding central storage of postconviction evidence, rape kits per federal Violence Against Women Act requirements, and creation of a statewide evidence storage location databank

• Effective upon passage