Senate committee substitute amends the 1st edition to direct the working group convened by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) pursuant to the act to make findings and recommendations to the Secretary of DPS and the Director of the State Crime Laboratory regarding the development of protocols, rules, and guidelines for the Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System created by proposed GS 114-65(a). As previously provided, the Secretary of DPS must submit the working group's findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by December 1, 2018.