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This bill, titled the "DNA Match Notification, Tracking and Accountability Act," mandates the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) to establish and maintain a statewide, fully electronic, and cloud-based DNA match tracking system within one year of its effective date to connect DNA samples with unsolved cases. This system will receive notifications from accredited crime laboratories, automatically alert relevant law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, and track all actions taken, ensuring data security and privacy. Upon a DNA match confirmation, DPS must electronically transmit the notification within ten business days, and law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies must review it within five business days, subsequently documenting their investigative or prosecutorial actions, or case closure decisions, within sixty business days. All law enforcement agencies submitting DNA evidence to an accredited lab must participate, and while the system is for coordinated criminal justice response, information within it is not admissible in criminal proceedings. The DPS will also submit an annual report detailing match statistics, response times, and recommendations for improvement, and for the purposes of this act, "law enforcement agency" includes municipal police departments, county sheriff's offices, and the DPS.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85466