Updated: 10:37 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 A bill that would create a statewide tracking system for sexual assault kits, commonly known as rape kits, will now become a law.Gail s Law passed in Florida’s senate Monday afternoon.The law is named after Gail Gardner of Orange County who was attacked and raped in her home in 1988. In 2015, WESH 2 Investigates revealed there were more than a thousand untested kits in Central Florida police evidence lockers.Florida cleared that backlog of untested kits but it wasn t until last November that Gardner learned her alleged attacker had been identified and was in prison.The bill will give survivors the legal right to know where their kits are from the lab to police headquarters.Under Gail s Law, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would provide sexual assault survivors tracking information for their kits and would give the state up to 180 days to notify survivors if there are any results.The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence will
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