January 1, 2019
Amends SDCL 23-5C-2 and related sections governing sexual assault kits; requires a health care facility that examines or treats a victim with a sexual assault kit to release the kit to the investigating law enforcement agency; requires the agency to submit the kit to the Division of Criminal Investigation or another accredited laboratory for analysis no more than fourteen days after receipt and requires analysis within ninety days; requires any resulting DNA record to be uploaded into a database specified by the Division of Criminal Investigation; provides that failure to comply is not grounds for challenging the validity of a DNA database match or database information and that a DNA record may not be excluded as evidence solely on that basis; repeals SDCL 23-5C-5, 23-5C-6, and 23-5C-7. Date shown is the session year; exact approval date not stated on the enrolled copy in the folder.