Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill to address the growing backlog of sexual assault kit testing in the state.

Senate Bill 304 , sponsored by Sen. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, and Reps. Jenny Willford, D-Northglenn, and Meg Froelich, D-Englewood, creates a grant program to pay for an independent sexual assault coordinator at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The coordinator would provide annual reports to the legislature on the state's capacity to complete sexual assault kit tests.

The bill also requires law enforcement agencies to notify sexual assault victims at least once every 90 days if they have not yet received the results of their sexual assault kit and requires crime labs to "endeavor" to analyze forensic medical evidence within 60 days of receipt.

SB 304 also sets up a

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