02/06/2020 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

        HB 182-SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION KITS: TESTING                                                                     
                                                                                                                              
3:45:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be SPONSOR  SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE  BILL NO. 182, "An  Act relating                                                               
to testing of sexual assault  examination kits; and providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:45:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  moved  to  adopt HB  182,  Version  31-                                                               
LS1188\A  as the  working document.   There  being no  objection,                                                               
Version A was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:46:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR   FIELDS  moved   Amendment  1,   [labeled  LS-1188\A.1,                                                               
Radford, 2/6/20], which read:                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "2020"                                                                                                         
          Insert "2021"                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS objected for discussion purposes.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS explained  that  Amendment 1  would replace  the                                                               
effective date  of "2020" with  "2021", giving the  Department of                                                               
Public Safety (DPS) time to implement the proposed legislation.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  withdrew his  objection to  Amendment 1.                                                               
There being no further objection, it was so ordered.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:47:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS opened public testimony.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:47:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KATIE BOTZ testified in support  of the proposed legislation as a                                                               
victim of  sexual abuse.   She expressed  her belief that  a one-                                                               
year timeline for  testing a rape kit is not  victim oriented and                                                               
forces  the   victim  to  be   re-victimized.    She   asked  the                                                               
legislators to  be "victim oriented"  [in their  consideration of                                                               
legislation],  as  it is  the  only  way  to address  crimes  and                                                               
problems.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS closed public testimony.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:50:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS moved to report HB 182, Version 31-                                                                     
LS1188\A,   as  amended,   out  of   committee  with   individual                                                               
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
[It  was subsequently  determined that  SSHB 182  was before  the                                                               
committee; therefore,  SSHB 182  was treated as  held over.   The                                                               
committee  substitute (CS)  for  SSHB  182, Version  31-LS1188\U,                                                               
Radford, 2/6/20, was  adopted as a work draft  during the 2/11/20                                                               
House State  Affairs Standing  Committee meeting  and CSSSHB(STA)                                                               
was reported from the committee.]