HB  62-SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION KITS/TRACKING                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:37:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GRAY  announced that  the next order  of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL   NO.  62,  "An   Act  relating  to   sexual  assault                                                               
examination  kits; establishing  the  sexual assault  examination                                                               
kit tracking system; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GRAY resumed  public testimony  on HB  62, which  had been                                                               
left open from the hearing on 2/5/25.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
2:38:08 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DAVID  KANARIS,  Chief,   Forensic  Laboratories,  Department  of                                                               
Public Safety, testified  in support of HB 62.   He said the bill                                                               
would  establish new  timelines and  amend existing  ones, codify                                                               
the  sexual assault  kit tracking  system into  law, and  provide                                                               
additional proviso rights and transparency.   He urged passage of                                                               
HB 62 from committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
2:39:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ISAAC SMOLDON, Communications Director, My House, testified in                                                                  
support of HB 62.  He urged the committee to move the bill                                                                      
forward in support of its advocacy for sexual assault.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:40:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GRAY closed public testimony on HB 62.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[HB 62 was held over.]