Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2021
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.
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2021-04-22 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate |
2021-04-22 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |