Sexual assault victims; directing law enforcement agencies to inform sexual assault victims of the status of certain evidence; codification; effective date.
HB 2705 requires Oklahoma law enforcement agencies, upon a sexual assault victim's request, to provide updates on the status of their sexual assault forensic evidence. Victims will have the right to know if a DNA profile was obtained from the evidence, whether it was entered into the CODIS database, and if any matches were found. Agencies may require these requests to be in writing. This bill aims to inform victims about their forensic evidence, but it does not require disclosure that would compromise an ongoing criminal investigation.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 8, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from House floor version to Senate floor version, with minor renumbering and formatting adjustments. The substantive policy content regarding sexual assault victim notification rights remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Document header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date
Committee report date changed from 03/04/2025 to 04/15/2025
Minor formatting adjustments to line numbers and spacing throughout the document
POLICY
All substantive provisions regarding victim notification rights, DNA profile disclosure, and effective date remain identical
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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