Utah § 53-25-401 - Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations.
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§ 53-25-401. Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations.
Effective 7/1/2026 53-25-401.
Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102.
(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.
(2)
(a)
Beginning on January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency shall annually on or before April 30 submit a report to the department 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 department 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 department 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 department's website.
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