TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 5, 2023

Tennessee state Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, has introduced legislation that would require the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to test rape kits within 30 days, WATE reports. Currently, law enforcement is required to send the kit to TBI within 30 days, but Tennessee code does not dictate the time frame for actually testing them. The legislation also would require the TBI to submit a plan for eliminating the current backlog within 45 days of the law taking effect.