Sexual Assault

It took two years, one veto and the voices of survivors to get Colorado to enact new protections for rideshares.

The new proposal would require companies to take more action around problem drivers.

Rep. Jenny Willford's experience led her to push for both increased safety measures by rideshare companies and faster testing times at the state’s DNA labs.

The agency is still months late in processing DNA evidence, but it hopes to bring down turnaround times.

Under pressure from survivors and lawmakers, Colorado struggling to address huge delays in evidence testing.

A House bill would eliminate an exemption that allows courtroom discussion of prior sexual activity when it involved the defendant.

It can take over a year to get DNA results in a sexual assault case. Lawmakers want that to change.

Victims of sexual assault discussed the human toll behind the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s one-and-a-half year backlog in processing evidence.

Companies like Lyft and Uber would have to track and report violent incidents, and do more to ensure the person behind the wheel is really the registered driver.

Rep. Jenny Willford says she was sexually assaulted by an unauthorized driver who was using someone else’s account.