HF 277: Relating to the department of public safety and unsolved criminal investigations

What it does

This bill relates to the department of public safety and unsolved criminal investigations. The bill provides that the commissioner of public safety shall direct the chief of the division of criminal investigation to publish on the division’s internet site a list containing specific information about a victim involved in a cold case and all currently active cold cases in which the division of criminal investigation is or has been involved with in this state. The information provided shall include, if available, all of the following: a photograph of the victim; the height, weight, eye color, date of birth of the victim, and, if the victim is a missing person, the date the victim was reported missing; the location where the victim was last seen; and if the victim has been missing for over five years, a sketch, or an artificial intelligence aging program photograph, of what the victim may look like at the victim’s current age.

In plain words

1. January 28, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee