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Committee hears bill to fund testing and staff to clear sexual-assault kit backlog; survivor testimony urged action
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on House Bill 1413, which would create a sexual-assault-kit (SAK) backlog fund to pay for equipment, testing and staff wages. Supporters said the state currently has an estimated 600–800 kits awaiting testing; the committee took testimony and held the bill for further amendment and fiscal work.
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard House Bill 1413, which would create a sexual-assault-kit backlog fund to support laboratories and law-enforcement agencies in testing unprocessed kits.
Representative Cash, presenting the bill, said Indiana had a backlog of roughly 600–800 kits that are required by statute to be sent to the crime lab when a police report exists. The proposal would allow grants from the…
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