HB 1256 (2016): requiring the attorney general to prepare an inventory of all untested rape kits.
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HB 1256 (2016)
requiring the attorney general to prepare an inventory of all untested rape kits.
- Status: Killed
- Term: 2015-2016
- House committee: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
- Subject: Miscellaneous
The Story
It was introduced on January 6, 2016 and referred to the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs committee. The committee held a public hearing on January 26, 2016. The committee met in executive session on January 26, 2016 to vote on its recommendation. The committee voted unanimously, 15–0, to recommend that the House kill it, and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On March 9, 2016 the House voted to kill it on a voice vote.
Sponsors
- Rep. Robert Renny Cushing (D - Rock 21) (prime sponsor)
- Rep. Suzanne Harvey (D - Hills 29)
- Rep. Daniel Eaton (D - Ches 3)
- Rep. Len DiSesa (D - Straf 16)
- Rep. Latha Mangipudi (D - Hills 35)
- Rep. Laura Pantelakos (D - Rock 25)
- Rep. Patricia Lovejoy (D - Rock 36)
- Rep. Marcia Moody (D - Rock 17)
- Rep. Joseph Lachance (R - Hills 8)
- Rep. Geoffrey Hirsch (D - Merr 6)
- Sen. Sharon Carson (R - SD14)
Hearings and Sessions
- January 26, 2016, 11:00 AM: public hearing, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, LOB205
- January 26, 2016, 11:30 AM: executive session, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, LOB 205
Votes
- March 9, 2016, House: Inexpedient to Legislate — voice vote, passed
The Docket
- January 6, 2016: Introduced 01/06/2016 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
- January 26, 2016: Public Hearing: 01/26/2016 11:00 AM LOB205
- January 26, 2016: Executive Session: 01/26/2016 11:30 AM LOB 205
- March 9, 2016: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/09/2016 (Vote 15-0; CC)
- March 9, 2016: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/09/2016