HB 23-1199 Summary

• Creates a confidential statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence collection kits operational by June 30, 2025, allowing victims to monitor the status and location of their evidence through the Department of Public Safety.

• Requires all state and local law enforcement agencies, medical facilities, crime laboratories, and federal entities handling sexual assault evidence to participate in the tracking system.

• Mandates the tracking system provide victims with information about financial assistance programs, statutory deadlines, evidence destruction procedures, and community-based resources.

• Appropriates $744,351 from the Colorado Crime Victim Services Fund for fiscal year 2023-24 to develop and maintain the tracking system, with $523,686 allocated to the Office of Information Technology.

• Expands the sexual assault victim emergency payment program to cover law enforcement costs for forensic evidence collection and requires tracking and annual reporting on program claims, denials, and demographic information.