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Altered bill on rape kits moves through Nevada Legislature
CARSON CITY — The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Friday moved the language for rape kits into a different bill.
The committee on Friday amended Senate Bill 169, which would require each law enforcement agency to have a rape kit tracking programming and submit kits to labs within 30 days of receipt. Labs are required to test the kits within 180 days, under the bill.
Those requirements were shifted from SB169 to Assembly Bill 97, which has other provisions overseeing forensic kits for victims of sexual assault.
AB97 is now in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/2017-legislature/altered-bill-on-rape-kits-moves-through-nevada-legislature/