HB 1413 Indiana House · 2025 Regular Session

Rape kits.

Summary

Establishes the rape kit backlog fund to provide funding for assisting law enforcement agencies and testing labs in eliminating the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and testing labs to help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to make an annual report to the general assembly. Provides that before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement agency and testing lab shall process certain rape kits in their possession that are not completely processed as of July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Bill (H) → House Bill (S) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to remove the annual appropriation of $2.5 million from the state general fund, which was originally intended to fund the rape kit backlog elimination efforts. The bill also shifted from amending the public safety code (IC 5-2) to the public safety appropriations section (IC 10-11), and corrected a grammatical error changing 'pays' to 'pay'.

Scope change

The funding mechanism was removed, meaning the rape kit backlog fund can no longer receive annual state appropriations, though the fund itself and other administrative requirements remain unchanged.

FISCAL

Deleted the annual $2.5 million appropriation from the state general fund to the state police department for rape kit backlog processing.

TECHNICAL

Changed the referenced Indiana Code section from IC 5-2-6-28 to IC 10-11-2-35.5 to align with the correct code location for appropriations.

Corrected a grammatical error in subsection (b)(5) by changing 'pays costs' to 'pay costs'.

Removed references to subsection (h) in the fund composition since the appropriation was deleted, renumbering remaining subsections accordingly.

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

90–0

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 100

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic29

24 Yea 5

82% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican70

65 Yea 5

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 139: yeas 90, nays 0

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

lower

3 primary · 3 co-sponsors