HB 2581: tracking system; sexual assault kits - Arizona

Senate Engrossed Version → Chaptered Version · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was finalized and signed into law, changing its status from a pending Senate version to a Chaptered House version. The substantive text was significantly simplified by removing a detailed list of specific laws triggering evidence collection and replacing complex tracking requirements with broader, more flexible language. The definitions section was also updated to clarify who must participate in the system and to add a definition for 'law enforcement agency.'

Scope change

The scope of evidence collection was narrowed from a list of four specific scenarios to a single reference to Section 13-1426, while the scope of entities allowed to update the system was expanded to include health care facilities and prosecutors.

REQUIREMENT

The list of specific legal scenarios requiring sexual assault kit collection was removed and replaced with a single reference to Section 13-1426.

The list of entities permitted to update the tracking system was expanded to explicitly include health care facilities and prosecutors.

DEFINITION

The definitions section was reorganized to add a definition for 'law enforcement agency' and reference Section 13-1426 for the crime laboratory definition.

The reference for accessing confidential records was changed from Subsection B to Subsection A, aligning with the new text structure.

TIMELINE

Official filing dates were added, indicating the bill was approved by the Governor on May 13, 2025.

House Engrossed Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 5 edits · May 7, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was revised to expand the scope of the sexual assault kit evidence tracking system to include evidence collected under death investigations and federal violence against women act provisions, while adding exemptions for large law enforcement agencies that already have operational tracking systems. The changes also clarify who must submit information to the system and modify how victims can receive notifications about their kits.

Scope change

The bill now applies to sexual assault kits collected under additional circumstances including death investigations and federal statutes, and exempts certain large law enforcement agencies from participation requirements.

SCOPE

Expanded the types of sexual assault kit evidence that must be tracked to include kits collected during death investigations and those governed by 18 U.S.C. 3772 and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2022.

REQUIREMENT

Added new subsections clarifying that medical examiners must submit information to the tracking system and specifying that the system must track kit completion of analysis by laboratories.

Added an exemption for law enforcement agencies in cities with over one million residents that already have a functional tracking system in place before the bill's effective date.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified victim notification requirements to specify that victims must have chosen to receive notifications and provided contact information before receiving advance notification of kit destruction.

DEFINITION

Renamed 'definitions' to 'definition' and reorganized the structure of the statute from subsections A and B to A, B, C, D, and E for better organization.

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 1 edit · May 7, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard introduced version to a house engrossed version, with the substantive legislative content remaining unchanged. The core policy provisions regarding the sexual assault kit tracking system, confidentiality rules, and victim notification requirements are identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a house engrossed version, including changes to header information, page numbering, and text alignment, but no substantive policy changes were made.

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