Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1413: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
Status: In committee, January 8, 2026
Report on infant and maternal care.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety. SUMMARY: Rape kits. Establishes the rape kit backlog fund to provide funding for assisting law enforcement agencies and testing labs in eliminating the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and testing labs to help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to make an annual report to the general assembly. Provides that before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement agency and testing lab shall process certain ra.
From the introduced text, May 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety. SUMMARY: Rape kits. Establishes the rape kit backlog fund to provide funding for assisting law enforcement agencies and testing labs in eliminating the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and testing labs to help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to make an annual report to the general assembly. Provides that before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement agency and testing lab shall process certain rape kits in their possession that are not completely processed as of July 1, 2025.
Sponsors
- Sue Errington (D, HD-034) · primary sponsor
- Edward Clere (R, HD-072)
- Robin Shackleford (D, HD-098)
- Maureen Bauer (D, HD-006)
Latest actions
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
- : Authored by Representative Errington