This morning, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a measure sponsored by Rep. Tina Orwall to test all rape kits.
Under House Bill 1068, law enforcement must submit a request for testing to the crime lab within 30 days of receipt of a sexual assault examination kit. The new law also creates a task force to review best practice models for managing all aspects of sexual assault examinations and for reducing the number of existing untested rape kits.
Read more about the new law in this News Tribune story.