North Carolina 2017-2018 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 7 R · 7 D cosponsors

HB 945 — Rape Evidence Collection Kit Tracking Act.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 16, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 25 sponsors

    1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 7 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

69 added · 71 removed

Plain-language change summary

Changes were made to House Bill 945 to clarify the responsibilities of the Director regarding the tracking and testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits. The added language emphasizes the importance of protecting victim information and requires that victims are informed about the testing status of their kits. This matters because it strengthens victim rights and ensures greater accountability in the handling of evidence, aiming to enhance public safety and support sexual assault survivors.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 2 HOUSE BILL 945* Committee Substitute Favorable 6/6/18 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 1 HOUSE BILL 945* Short Title:
Representatives Boles and Davis (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
May 17, 2018 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE THE STATEWIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KIT TRACKING SYSTEM AND TO REQUIRE TESTING OF PREVIOUSLY UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
Judiciary II May 17, 2018 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE THE STATEWIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KIT TRACKING SYSTEM AND TO REQUIRE TESTING OF PREVIOUSLY UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
The Director of the State Crime Laboratory (Director) shall implement protocols and administer the System, and the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety (Secretary) shall adopt rules and guidelines foragencies required to participatein theSystem underthis section.
The Director of the State Crime Laboratory (Director) shall implement protocols and administer the System and the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety (Secretary) shall adopt rules and guidelines foragencies required to participatein theSystem underthis section.
Any law enforcement agency, medical provider, or forensic laboratory that has in its custody a previously untested sexual assault evidence collection kit used for a forensic medical examination shall comply with the established protocols, rules, and guidelines with respect to all untested kits.
Any law enforcement agency, medical provider, or forensic laboratory that has in its custody a previously untested *H945-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 sexual assault evidence collection kit used for a forensic medical examination shall comply with the established protocols, rules, and guidelines with respect to all untested kits.
*H945-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 For purposes of this subsection, a "previouslyuntested sexual assault evidence collection kit" means anykit that has not undergone forensic testing and was identified and included in the 2017 statewide inventory of kits in law enforcement custody pursuant to Section 17.7 of S.L.
For purposes of this subsection, a "previouslyuntested sexual assault evidence collection kit" means anykit that has not undergone forensic testing and was identified and included in the 2017 statewide inventory of kits in law enforcement custody pursuant to Section 17.7 of S.L.
To the extent practicable, and consistent with protecting victim confidentiality for unreported sexual assaults, a law enforcement agency having custody of a kit governed by this subsection shall takereasonablemeasures to provideappropriatetrackinginformationto theaffectedvictim.
To the extent practicable, and consistent with protecting victim confidentiality for unreported sexual assaults, a law enforcement agency having custody of a kit governed by this subsection shall takereasonablemeasures to provideappropriatetracking information to theaffectedvictim.
(6) The number of tracking-enabled kits for which a sexual assault has not been reported, including the total submitted to local law enforcement and the total submittedto DepartmentofPublicSafetyLawEnforcement Support Services.
(6) The number of tracking-enabled kits for which a sexual assault has not been reported, including the total submitted to local law enforcement and the total submittedto DepartmentofPublicSafetyLaw Enforcement Support Services.
The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety shall convene a working group to make recommendations regardingthe testingpriorityof untested sexual assault kits identified in the 2017 Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Law Enforcement Report made pursuant to Section 17.7 of S.L.
The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety shall convene a working group to make recommendations regardingthe testingpriorityof untested sexual assault Page 2 House Bill 945*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 kits identified in the 2017 Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Law Enforcement Report made pursuant to Section 17.7 of S.L.
The working group shall include representatives Page 2 House Bill 945*-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 from law enforcement, victims' advocates such as the North Carolina Victim Assistance Network and the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, RTI International, the North Carolina Department of Justice, prosecutors, and criminal defense attorneys.
The working group shall include representatives from law enforcement, victims' advocates such as the North Carolina Victim Assistance Network and the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, RTI International, the North Carolina Department of Justice, prosecutors, and criminal defense attorneys.
The working group shall also make findings and recommendations to the Secretary and to the Director with respect to developing the protocols, rules, and guidelines for the System under G.S.
The Secretary shall submit thefindings and recommendations oftheworkinggroupto theJointLegislativeOversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by December 1, 2018.
114-65(a).
The Secretary shall submit the findings and recommendations of the working group to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by December 1, 2018.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018

  2. Ch. SL 2018-70

  3. Ratified

  4. Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018

  5. Reptd Fav

  6. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  7. Reptd Fav

  8. Placed on Today's Calendar

  9. Amend Adopted A1

  10. Passed 2nd Reading

  11. Passed 3rd Reading

  12. Special Message Sent To House

  13. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend

  14. Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  15. Added to Calendar

  16. Concurred In S Amend SA1

  17. Ordered Enrolled

  18. Withdrawn From Com

  19. Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  20. Passed 3rd Reading

  21. Special Message Sent To Senate

  22. Special Message Received From House

  23. Passed 1st Reading

  24. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  25. Withdrawn From Cal

  26. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  27. Placed On Cal For 06/12/2018

  28. Passed 2nd Reading

  29. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  30. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  31. Placed On Cal For 06/07/2018

  32. Passed 1st Reading

  33. Ref To Com On Judiciary II

  34. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 154 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Boles

Co-sponsors (24)

Not signed on (154)

154 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Second Reading

Passed 44 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9001
Unaffiliated 28005
Democratic 7000
Total 44006
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Meredith — Yea
Randleman — Yea
Tarte — Yea
Tillman — Yea
Ballard — Yea
Barrett — Yea
Barringer — Yea
Curtis — Not Voting
Fitch — Yea
Foushee — Not Voting
D.Davis — Yea
J.Jackson — Yea
Smith — Yea
VanDuyn — Yea
Brown — Yea
B.Jackson — Yea
Newton — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Horner — Yea
McKissick — Yea
Rabin — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Tucker — Yea
J.Davis — Not Voting
Barefoot — Not Voting
Pate — Not Voting
Wade — Yea
Wells — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Not Voting
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1

Passed 91 Yea · 2 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 582016
Democratic 12003
Republican 21007
U 0001
Total 912027
% of votes cast 76%2%0%23%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Lewis — Yea
McGrady — Yea
Michaux — Not Voting
Presnell — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Terry — Yea
Williams — Yea
Zachary — Not Voting
Autry — Yea
Black — Not Voting
Boles — Yea
Boswell — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Dobson — Yea
Dulin — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Floyd — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Garrison — Yea
Gill — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Hunter — Not Voting
G.Adcock — Yea
L.Bell — Yea
DuaneHall — Yea
C.Graham — Yea
G.Graham — Yea
Jackson — Yea
G.Martin — Yea
B.Richardson — Yea
B.Turner — Yea
J.Bell — Yea
BertJones — Yea
Brawley — Yea
BrendenJones — Yea
Beasley — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Burr — Yea
Collins — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Yea
Holley — Yea
Wray — Yea
DestinHall — Yea
K.Hall — Yea
Malone — Yea
S.Martin — Yea
Stone — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
W.Richardson — Nay
T.Moore(Speaker) — Not Voting
R.Moore — Not Voting
Johnson — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Cleveland — Not Voting
Dollar — Yea
Earle — Not Voting
Elmore — Yea
Goodman — Not Voting
Grange — Yea
Hanes — Not Voting
Henson — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Insko — Nay
Jordan — Yea
Lucas — Not Voting
McElraft — Not Voting
McNeill — Yea
Muller — Yea
Murphy — Not Voting
Rogers — Yea
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Yarborough — Not Voting
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Not Voting
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Not Voting
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Not Voting
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Not Voting
Jay Adams Republican Not Voting
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Not Voting
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Not Voting
Sam Watford Republican Not Voting
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting

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Who sponsors HB 945?
HB 945 is sponsored by Speciale, Phil Shepard (Republican), Garland E. Pierce (Democratic), Meyer, McNeill, McGrady, Holley, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Gill, Cleveland, Boswell, Boles, Cynthia Ball (Democratic), B. Richardson, S. Martin, Mary Belk (Democratic), Ted Davis, Jr. (Republican), Neal Jackson (Republican), Becky Carney (Democratic), Sarah Stevens (Republican), Brian Turner (Democratic), Harry Warren (Republican), Donna McDowell White (Republican), Mike Clampitt (Republican), and Joe John (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 945?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 16, 2018. Enacted.
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