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This bill, known as the Right to Know How Safe We Are Act of 2025, aims to increase public accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system by requiring district attorneys to submit detailed annual reports about their case handling. Each district attorney's office must file a comprehensive report by March 1st each year with the Governor and Attorney General, which will include aggregate, non-personally identifying data about their case intake and dispositions. The reports must break down information by offense categories, detailing the number of arrests or referrals, cases accepted for prosecution, cases diverted, cases dismissed (with reasons), plea agreements, trial outcomes, and sentencing information. Additionally, the Attorney General is mandated to compile these individual district reports into a uniform statewide report by May 1st each year, which will be sortable by crime and jurisdiction, publicly available, and distributed to key state officials including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House. The bill is designed to provide greater insight into how criminal cases are processed and resolved across different jurisdictions, thereby promoting transparency and potentially helping policymakers and the public better understand local criminal justice practices. The act will take effect on July 1, 2025.

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