AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS (Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Jun 29, 2022
Floor votes · House Jun 21, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jun 29, 2022
Signed into law
06/29/2022 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
upper
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
06/21/2022 House passed Sub A
lower
Jun 14, 2022
Legislature · Passed
06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 6, 2022
Legislature · Passed
02/06/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/08/2022)
legislature
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
01/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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