A bill to provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.

The bill would provide additional federal funding to states that ensure sexual assault survivors have specific rights, including the right to be notified before disposal of a sexual assault evidence kit and the right to have such kits preserved for at least 20 years. Funding would be allocated in tiers based on whether a state’s laws, regulations, practices, or policies meet or substantially resemble the federal standards under 18 U.S.C. § 3772, with states eligible for only one tier. The bill also amends federal law to extend the minimum preservation period for evidence kits from the shorter of the statute of limitations or 20 years to a flat minimum of 20 years and replaces the…

AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.