Bill · S. 1931· Senate(119-S-1931)
A bill to provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 6/3/2025
- Last activity
- 6/3/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sponsored by
- Chuck Grassley
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 2
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill aims to provide additional funding to states that grant specific rights to sexual assault survivors. It amends the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to create a tiered grant increase system based on the laws or policies a state has in place. States with specific laws receive a higher percentage of the allocated funds compared to those with different combinations of practices or similar rights. Additionally, the bill modifies requirements regarding the preservation of evidence kits. It changes the timeframe for keeping evidence and alters the manner in which requests are made.
Yes
Would women be better off under this?+6
The bill provides financial incentives and evidence preservation mandates that benefit sexual assault survivors, a demographic disproportionately composed of women.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Evidence Preservation: Under Section 1(b), the bill changes the requirement for preserving evidence kits to be "for not less than 20 years," which ensures kits are kept longer than the previous limit of the maximum statute of limitations or 20 years, whichever was shorter.
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Financial Incentives for Survivor Rights: Under Section 1(a), the bill provides a tiered system of grant increases to states that implement laws, regulations, or policies providing rights to sexual assault survivors similar to those in 18 U.S.C. 3772.
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Streamlined Requests: Under Section 1(c), the bill replaces the term "written request" with "request" regarding the notification before disposal of evidence kits or for further preservation, which may simplify the process for such requests.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are mentioned in the text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Women+6
- 6/3/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
Amy KlobucharDemocrat · Minnesota
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · New Hampshire