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Committee hears bill to fund testing of sexual-assault kits; advocates and survivor testify, bill held for amendments
Summary
Lawmakers heard House Bill 1413 to create a fund to reduce the backlog of untested sexual-assault kits. Supporters said the bill would pay labs and staff, and set deadlines for backlog elimination; the committee took testimony and held the bill for amendment and fiscal work.
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard House Bill 1413, which would establish a fund to address the backlog of untested sexual-assault kits and provide grants to crime labs and law enforcement agencies to process kits, buy equipment and pay competitive wages.
Representative Cash, presenting the bill, said Indiana currently has a six- to eight-month backlog for kits that must be sent to crime labs under Indiana law. She said the backlog exists partly because of insufficient equipment and staffing and because crime-lab work requires higher-level qualifications that make lab staff…
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