CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1613

Chapter 172, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Legislative Session

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS--SUBMISSION OF DENTAL RECORDS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01

Passed by the House March 9, 2001

Yeas 98 Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 12, 2001

Yeas 45 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1613 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

Chief Clerk

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

ROSA FRANKLIN

President of the Senate

Approved May 7, 2001

FILED

May 7, 2001 - 1:14 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1613

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Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Romero and Schindler; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/30/2001. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to submission of unidentified persons information; and amending RCW 68.50.330.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 68.50.330 and 1984 c 17 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

If the county coroner or county medical examiner investigating a death is unable to establish the identity of a body or human remains by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, he or she shall have a qualified dentist, as determined by the county coroner or county medical examiner, carry out a dental examination of the body or human remains. If the county coroner or county medical examiner with the aid of the dental examination and other identifying findings is still unable to establish the identity of the body or human remains, he or she shall prepare and forward such dental examination records within thirty days of the date the body or human remains were found to the dental identification system of the state patrol identification and criminal history section on forms supplied by the state patrol for such purposes.

The dental identification system shall act as a repository or computer center or both with respect to such dental examination records. It shall compare such dental examination records with dental records filed with it and shall determine which scoring probabilities are the highest for the purposes of identification. It shall then submit such information to the county coroner or county medical examiner who prepared and forwarded the dental examination records.