Emergency testing of a criminal defendant for certain diseases. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, in a criminal case for throwing or expelling bodily substances at a public safety worker or prosecutor or at specified individuals in a prison, if the district attorney has probable cause to believe that the act carried a potential for transmitting a communicable disease to the victim and involved the defendant’s blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, or feces or other bodily substance of the defendant, the district attorney must apply to the circuit court for an order to require the defendant to submit to testing to detect the presence of communicable diseases, and those results must be disclosed to the victim if certain criteria are met.

This bill amends the process under current law to apply to any crime if the district attorney has probable cause to believe that the act carried a potential for transmitting a communicable disease to a public safety worker, prosecutor, or correctional staff member and involved the defendant’s blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, or feces or other bodily substance of the defendant.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its authors⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

15 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From CTS
• Fiscal Estimate From DA

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo