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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protect Survivors' Rights To Rape Kit Evidence"
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description: "The act requires the medical professional collecting medical evidence for a rape kit to inform the rape victim of the contact information for the nearest sexual assault victim's advocate or confidential victim's advocate, the length of time that medical evidence must be preserved, and the victim's right to be notified of the destruction of the medical evidence.The act creates the following rights, upon request, for a victim of a sex crime:The right to be notified that evidence has been submitted for testing;"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1143"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1143 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Matt Soper", "Meg Froelich"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dca81aac-92f4-45cb-b330-de605441751d"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1143"
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source_hash: "f78636d84a7ea62bf3776dd61558c209491d3e6e438de65b6e28245d5eb5e7f2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1143 (2021A) — Protect Survivors' Rights To Rape Kit Evidence
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The act requires the medical professional collecting medical evidence for a rape kit to inform the rape victim of the contact information for the nearest sexual assault victim's advocate or confidential victim's advocate, the length of time that medical evidence must be preserved, and the victim's right to be notified of the destruction of the medical evidence.The act creates the following rights, upon request, for a victim of a sex crime:The right to be notified that evidence has been submitted for testing;
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1143_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1143_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1143_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dca81aac-92f4-45cb-b330-de605441751d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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