Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.

Digest: The Act gives money to the State Police for rape kit testing.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act gives money to the State Police for rape kit testing.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 88.9).
• Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.
• Relating to: Relating to state financial administration.

Limits and Unknowns

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Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act gives money to the State Police for rape kit testing. (Flesch Readability Score: 88.9).
Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.
Relating to: Relating to state financial administration.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 642
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to the State Police for rape kit testing. (Flesch Readability Score:
88.9).
Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog
of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Department of State Police, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $20,000,000, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested
sexual assault forensic evidence kits in the possession of the department.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2974