SB 25-304 - Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board - Colorado Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 3, 2025
- Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 6, 2025
- House Bill Passed
- May 6, 2025
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 2, 2025
- Introduced
- April 22, 2025
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Title: Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board.
Highlights:
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Establishes a grant program to fund an independent sexual assault kit coordinator (coordinator) position. The coordinator is tasked with providing annual reports to the general assembly regarding specific criteria relating to the state's capacity to complete sexual assault kit tests. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation administers the grant program (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies a notification requirement under the "Victim Rights Act" that requires a law enforcement agency to notify a victim at least once every 90 days if the law enforcement agency has not received the results of the forensic medical evidence DNA analysis from an accredited crime laboratory (Sec. 1-6).
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Requires an accredited crime laboratory to endeavor to analyze forensic medical evidence within 60 days after its receipt (Sec. 1-6).
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Expands existing reporting requirements concerning forensic medical evidence in sexual assault cases so that each member of the general assembly receives a report twice each year, and the report includes information concerning the average amount of time between receipt and completed analysis of sexual assault evidence collection kits (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 7).
Title: Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board.
Highlights:
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Establishes a grant program to fund an independent sexual assault kit coordinator (coordinator) position. The coordinator is tasked with providing annual reports to the general assembly regarding specific criteria relating to the state's capacity to complete sexual assault kit tests. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation administers the grant program (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies a notification requirement under the "Victim Rights Act" that requires a law enforcement agency to notify a victim at least once every 90 days if the law enforcement agency has not received the results of the forensic medical evidence DNA analysis from an accredited crime laboratory (Sec. 1-6).
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Requires an accredited crime laboratory to endeavor to analyze forensic medical evidence within 60 days after its receipt (Sec. 1-6).
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Expands existing reporting requirements concerning forensic medical evidence in sexual assault cases so that each member of the general assembly receives a report twice each year, and the report includes information concerning the average amount of time between receipt and completed analysis of sexual assault evidence collection kits (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 7).
Title: Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board
Title: Establishes the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Evidence Review Board
- Judy Amabile (CO - D)
- Jennifer Bacon (CO - D)
- Matthew Ball (CO - D)
- Shannon Bird (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Andrew Boesenecker (CO - D)
- Jeff Bridges (CO - D)
- Kyle Brown (CO - D)
- Sean Camacho (CO - D)
- John Carson (CO - R)
- Michael Carter (CO - D)
- Marc Catlin (CO - R)
- Chad Clifford (CO - D)
- James Rashad Coleman (CO - D)
- Lisa A. Cutter (CO - D)
- Jessie Danielson (CO - D)
- Lindsey N. Daugherty (CO - D)
- Monica Duran (CO - D)
- Regina English (CO - D)
- Cecelia Espenoza (CO - D)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D)
- Lisa Frizell (CO - R)
- Lorena Garcia (CO - D)
- Lindsay Gilchrist (CO - D)
- Julie Gonzales (CO - D)
- Ryan Gonzalez (CO - R)
- Eliza Hamrick (CO - D)
- Nick Hinrichsen (CO - D)
- Jamie Jackson (CO - D)
- Iman Jodeh (CO - D)
- Junie Joseph (CO - D)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Barbara J. Kirkmeyer (CO - R)
- Sheila Lieder (CO - D)
- Mandy Lindsay (CO - D)
- William Lindstedt (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Larry G. Liston (CO - R)
- Meghan Lukens (CO - D)
- Paul Lundeen (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Javier Mabrey (CO - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Marshall (CO - D)
- Tisha Mauro (CO - D)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D)
- Karen McCormick (CO - D)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kyle Mullica (CO - D)
- Amy T. Paschal (CO - D)
- Jacque Phillips (CO - D)
- Naquetta Ricks (CO - D)
- Robert Rodriguez (CO - D)
- Manny Rutinel (CO - D)
- Gretchen Jeannette Rydin (CO - D)
- Emily Lipp Sirota (CO - D)
- Lesley Smith (CO - D)
- Marc A. Snyder (CO - D)
- Rebekah Stewart (CO - D)
- Katie Stewart (CO - D)
- Tammy Story (CO - D)
- Tom Sullivan (CO - D)
- Brianna Titone (CO - D)
- Alex Valdez (CO - D)
- Katie Wallace (CO - D)
- Faith Winter (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven Woodrow (CO - D)
- Yara Hanlin Zokaie (CO - D)