ND SB2281

State crime laboratory shall develop and implement a statewide sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking system, with authority to contract with public or private entities for creation, operation, and maintenance.

All medical providers, law enforcement agencies, forensic laboratories, and other entities collecting or possessing sexual assault kits must participate in the tracking system according to an implementation schedule, with full participation required within one year of system launch.

Tracking system must monitor kit location and status throughout the criminal justice process, allow participating entities to update kit information, enable anonymous victim access to kit status updates, and use electronic technologies for continuous access.

State crime laboratory may phase in participation requirements by region or volume of kits; system director shall post annual reports on attorney general's website including total kits in system, completion of forensic analysis, newly added kits, pending analysis requests, and destroyed or removed kits, broken down statewide and by jurisdiction.

Crime laboratory may request law enforcement or correctional personnel to collect additional blood or body fluid samples if initial samples lack sufficient material for accurate DNA identification, and tracking system records are exempt from public disclosure.