Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1073: Rape kit processing.
Status: In committee, January 8, 2026
Requires the state police department (department) to use part of an appropriation from House Enrolled Act 1001 (2025) to process rape kits and to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Permits the department to issue grants to law enforcement agencies and testing labs to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the department to make a report to the general assembly by October 1, 2027, concerning the status of untested rape kits.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT concerning public safety.
From the introduced text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety. SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026] (a) Of the eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) appropriated to the state police department for forensic and health sciences laboratories in SECTION 4(B) of P.L.213-2025 (HEA 1001-2025) for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the state police department shall use two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to process rape kits and to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. (b) Funds disbursed under subsection (a) may be used to: (1) purchase equipment, including robots, used to process rape kits; (2) process rape kits; (3) hire staff; (4) provide competitive wages for employees; and (5) pay costs associated with streamlining the processing of rape kits; to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. (c) The state police department may make grants to law 2026 IN 1073--LS 6468/DI enforcement agencies and testing labs, including the crime lab within the state police department, to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. (d) Before October 1, 2027, the state police department shall report to the general and (2) how funds under subsection (a) were directed to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits for the prior calendar year. The report to the general assembly must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. …
Sponsors
- Becky Cash (R, HD-025) · primary sponsor
- Lorissa Sweet (R, HD-050)
- Cherrish Pryor (D, HD-094)
Latest actions
- : Representative Pryor added as coauthor
- : Reassigned to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
- : Authored by Representative Cash
- : Coauthored by Representative Sweet
Subjects: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses, AGENCIES; Indiana State Police (ISP), GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Budget and Appropriations
Common questions
- What is HB1073?
- HB1073 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Rape kit processing.
- What does HB1073 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT concerning public safety.
- What is the status of HB1073?
- In committee as of January 8, 2026. Latest action: Representative Pryor added as coauthor (January 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1073?
- Becky Cash (R, HD-025), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1073?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1073
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