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NEWS: Legislation Pre-Filed to Ensure Sexual Assault Examination Kits are Processed in a Timely Manner

January 9, 2017

House Bill 31 Requires All Kits are Tested Within 18 Months and Creates a Standard Protocol for 200 Law Enforcement Agencies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January

NEWS: Reps. Tarr, Drummond, and Spohnholz Welcome News of a Federal Grant to Process Untested Rape Kits in Alaska

October 4, 2016

Anchorage – Representatives Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage), Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) and Ivy Spohnholz (D-Anchorage) release the following statements in response to the announcement that the State of Alaska is receiving a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to process over 1,000 sexual assault kits collected by the Alaska State Troopers. The grant money will also fund a prosecuting attorney and investigator.