Superseded 7/1/2026

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Effective 5/1/2024

Superseded 7/1/2026

53-25-401. Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations .

(1)As used in this section:

(a)"Commission" means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201 .

(b)"Genetic genealogy database utilization" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7 .

(c)"Law enforcement agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102 .

(d)"Qualifying case" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7 .

(a)Beginning on January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency shall annually on or before April 30 submit a report to the commission with the following data for the previous calendar year:

(i)the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by the law enforcement agency under Section 53-10-403.7 ; and

(ii)for each utilization described in Subsection (2)(a)(i):

(A)if applicable, the type of qualifying case;

(B)for a criminal investigation, the alleged offense;

(C)whether the case was a cold case, as that term is defined in Section 53-10-115 , at the time of the request for the utilization; and

(D)whether the results of the utilization revealed the identity of the owner of the DNA specimen.

(b)A law enforcement agency shall compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a) for each year in the standardized format developed by the commission under Subsection (4).

(3)If a genetic genealogy database utilization is requested by a multijurisdictional team of law enforcement officers, the reporting requirement in this section is the responsibility of the commanding agency or governing authority of the multijurisdictional team.

(4)The commission shall:

(a)develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);

(b)compile the data submitted under Subsection (2), including the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by each reporting law enforcement agency; and

(c)annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection

(2)on the commission's website.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 111 , 2024 General Session