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Committee adopts amendment to extend deadlines, authorize multi-year grants and clarifies use of existing evidence‑kit fund
Summary
The Judiciary Committee adopted amendments to House Bill 675 to extend the backlog-entry deadline to March 2026, allow 36‑month grants for law enforcement and related entities and clarified that $3.5 million already appropriated to the sexual‑assault evidence kit testing fund will be used to address the backlog and program needs.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday adopted amendments to House Bill 675 that change deadlines for entering a backlog of sexual‑assault evidence kits, expand grant terms to 36 months and clarify allowable recipients of the grants.
Committee members said the amendments were negotiated with stakeholders and make technical and substantive changes. The adopted amendment moves the statutory deadline to enter backlog data to March 2026 and authorizes…
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