S 4904
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020
Introduced: November 17, 2020
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020
This bill requires state victim compensation programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants, to waive deadlines to file for compensation in cases where a victim failed to meet the deadline due to delays in testing biological material collected as evidence related to a sexual offense.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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