S. 4904 · 116th Congress
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Introduced
- 2020-11-17
- Latest action
- 2020-11-17 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2020
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.