Colorado

In 2013, Colorado enacted a law that required all law enforcement agencies to report the number of untested rape kits in their possession to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In 2015, CBI reported 3,542 untested rape kits across Colorado. Colorado law does not require law enforcement agencies to track rape kits.

The 2013 law also required the testing of all previously untested kits within 120 days of enactment and that law enforcement send new kits for testing within 21 days. In addition, Colorado legislators appropriated $6,351,002 in new funding to clear the state’s backlog of untested kits.

In 2016, the state lab announced it had processed all 3,542 backlogged rape kits, resulting in 1,556 DNA profiles generated and 691 matches to profiles of convicted felons or samples from other cases. 

TAKE ACTION TODAY TO BRING FURTHER RAPE KIT REFORM TO COLORADO