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Committee hears bill to expand survivor supports, preserve assault kits and bar nondisclosure deals at colleges
Summary
Senate Bill 5,355 would expand survivor supports at public colleges by requiring regional survivor hotline contact information on ID cards, strengthening forensic evidence preservation rights, and banning pressure to sign nondisclosure agreements involving alleged campus sexual misconduct.
Senate Bill 5,355 would require public institutions of higher education that issue identification cards to include on new and replacement cards the phone number of a regional community‑based organization that provides 24/7 support to survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and related forms of interpersonal violence. The bill also adds survivor protections around forensic evidence and prohibits institutions from proposing, requesting or pressuring students reporting sexual misconduct to enter nondisclosure agreements related to the alleged misconduct.
Elizabeth Allison, committee staff, summarized the bill’s components, including existing ID card notice requirements for suicide prevention and the bill’s additions for survivor hotline information and systems for…
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