# 119-s-1931: A bill to provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.

119-s-1931, A bill to provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1931
- Congress: 119
- Title: A bill to provide additional funding to States that provide certain rights to sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Tiered federal grants tied to survivor-rights laws**. This bill would boost grant funding for states that adopt laws, regulations, or policies matching federal sexual assault survivor rights and would also extend evidence kit retention and simplify notification requests. - States: States with laws that meet the federal survivor-rights standard would receive the largest share, set at 60% of available tiered funds. States with partial or substantially similar protections would get 25% or 15% respectively, and no state can collect from more than one tier. - Survivors and families: Evidence kits would be kept for at least 20 years, which lengthens the minimum retention period. Survivors could request notice or extended preservation by making a "request" instead of only a "written request," broadening how they ask for protections. - Federal administration: The Attorney General would be required to increase a state's formula grant in line with the three-tier allocation and apply the new rules for categorizing laws, regulations, practices, or policies.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More grants for states protecting survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would split available grant money into three shares. Sixty percent would go to states with a law that provides the listed survivor rights. Twenty-five percent would go to states with a law, regulation, practice, or policy that provides those rights. Fifteen percent would go to…
- Longer evidence kit holds and notices: benefit, low. If enacted, evidence kits would be preserved for not less than 20 years. If enacted, survivors could request notice before disposal or further preservation without having to make a written-only request. The bill does not list which nonwritten methods count, so agencies would decide how to accept re…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-545: Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
- 119-s-2316: Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act
- 119-s-1829: STOP CSAM Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1931 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1931)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-545: Combating Illicit Xylazine Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-545)
- [119-s-2316: Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2316)
- [119-s-1829: STOP CSAM Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1829)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1931 (as of 2026-08-11).