E2SSB 5937: Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses.

What this bill does

Modifies the eligibility for benefits, reimbursement for travel, and state payment of forensic examinations under the Crime Victims' Compensation Program. Expands the rights of victims, survivors of victims, and witnesses of crimes. Removes the statute of limitations for Rape committed by first responders who use their position to facilitate the commission of the offense. Modifies the elements of Rape in the first degree. Provides for the confidentiality of a depiction of a victim or a victim's genitals that results from a sexual assault medical forensic examination. Establishes the Statewide Forensic Nurse Coordination Program. Grants minors age 13 or older the right to consent to forensic examinations related to sexual assault.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2024
  94 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2024
  49 yea · 0 nay

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