VETOES

to cross examination at trial. However, it is not uncommon for a
defendant to subpoena all the technicians involved, knowing that
if one or more does not appear, the blood test results will not
be allowed to be admitted into evidence. These bills would only
increase the potential for delay and abuse of the system.

The Department of Human Resources along with others involved in
paternity cases have pledged to work with the sponsors of these
bills to redraft the bills to eliminate this unintended and
undesirable technical defect.

For the above reasons, I have decided to veto Senate Bill 65.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 65

AN ACT concerning

Paternity Proceedings - Blood Test

FOR the purpose of allowing the results of certain blood tests to
be admissible in evidence without the presence of the
laboratory technician who made the report; providing for
certain notice requirements if the laboratory report is
admitted without the testimony of the technician; allowing
any party to petition for the technician to be present at
trial; and generally relating to the admission in evidence
of the results of a blood test in paternity proceedings.

FOR the purpose of making a copy of a laboratory report of
certain blood tests admissible in evidence without the
presence of the laboratory technician or analyst who made
the laboratory report of the blood test under certain
circumstances; providing for certain notice requirements if
an individual intends to introduce a laboratory report in
evidence without the testimony of the technician or analyst;
allowing any party to require the technician or analyst to
be present at trial by providing a certain notice at a
certain time before trial; providing that if certain notice
is given, the laboratory report is not admissible without
the presence and testimony, subject to cross-examination, of
the technician or analyst; and generally relating to the
admission in evidence of the results of a laboratory report
of a blood test in paternity proceedings.

BY renumbering

Article - Family Law

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