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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1584 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma State Bureau of
7 Investigation; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section
8 150.28b, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L.
8 2023 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 150.28b), which
9 relates to standardized sexual assault evidence kits;
9 modifying time frame for which sexual assault
10 evidence kits shall be submitted; requiring testing
10 within certain time frame; updating statutory
11 language; removing obsolete language; and providing
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 150.28b, as
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16 amended by Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2023 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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17 Section 150.28b), is amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 150.28b. A. All accredited crime laboratories in the
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19 State of Oklahoma must this state shall supply to all law
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20 enforcement agencies the same standardized sexual assault evidence
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21 kit for the collection of DNA or other evidence as a result of an
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22 alleged crime of sexual assault.
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23 B. A sexual assault evidence kit, or other DNA evidence if a
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24 kit is not collected, must be submitted to the appropriate
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1 accredited crime laboratory for forensic testing within twenty (20)
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2 ten (10) days after receipt of the evidence by a law enforcement
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3 agency if a report of the sexual assault is made to the law
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4 enforcement agency, unless the victim requests that the sexual
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5 assault evidence kit not be tested.
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6 C. If, at the time the forensic medical examination is
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7 conducted, a report of the sexual assault is not made or if the
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8 victim requests that the sexual assault evidence kit not be tested,
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9 the medical provider shall inform the victim in writing of his or
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10 her right to request the testing of the sexual assault evidence kit
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11 at any future time. The law enforcement agency shall submit the
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12 sexual assault evidence kit to the appropriate accredited crime
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13 laboratory for forensic testing within twenty (20) ten (10) days of
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14 such request. However, nothing in this subsection shall negate the
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15 responsibility of a medical provider to report a suspected sexual
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16 assault as provided for in Section 40.3A of Title 22 of the Oklahoma
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17 Statutes.
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18 D. A collected sexual assault evidence kit, whether tested or
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19 untested, must be retained in a secure, environmentally safe manner
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20 for not less than fifty (50) years or for the length of the statute
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21 of limitations for the alleged crime, whichever is longer.
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22 E. Each law enforcement agency is responsible for the
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23 maintenance and storage of untested kits either in their own
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1 evidence storage or through an agreement with another agency with
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2 larger capacity.
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3 F. By January 1, 2020, the The Oklahoma State Bureau of
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4 Investigation (OSBI) and each accredited crime laboratory, in
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5 coordination with Oklahoma the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Task
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6 Force (SAFE) Board, shall adopt and disseminate guidelines and
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7 procedures for the collection, submission, and testing of DNA
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8 evidence that is obtained in connection with an alleged sexual
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9 assault. A collected sexual assault evidence kit collected on or
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10 after the effective date of this act shall be processed by the
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11 appropriate accredited crime laboratory to which it was submitted
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12 within thirty (30) days after receipt of the sexual assault evidence
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13 kit. Priority testing shall be given for sexual assault evidence
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14 kits that will yield evidentiary value to the investigation and
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15 prosecution of the alleged sexual assault.
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16 G. The OSBI may inquire as to the condition and location of a
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17 sexual assault evidence kit that has not been submitted to a
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18 forensic laboratory within the deadlines established in subsection B
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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