Section 69 DNA Exception to Statute of Limitations 2

          Section 63 of chapter 277 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-

          Notwithstanding the above, an indictment or complaint for an offense set forth in sections 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 23, 23A or 23B of chapter 265 may be found and filed at any time after the date of the commission of such offense if the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense: (1) was identified after the limitation period set forth in this section; and (2) the identity has been established through a DNA analysis, as defined in section 1 of chapter 22E, using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

This section, together with its related section, requires that all sexual assault rape kits shall be stored for a minimum of 15 years and provides an exception to the 15-year statute of limitations in instances where DNA technology has identified a match.