Support legislation to require campus sexual assault advocates to conduct public information campaigns and ensure survivors can access medical care, reporting guidance, forensic exams, counseling, process assistance, and legal-rights information.

Tim Kaine · Virginia · Democratic

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 91%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support legislation requiring campus advocates to conduct prevention campaigns and ensure survivor access to medical care, reporting guidance, forensic exams, counseling, assistance, and legal-rights information.. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Kaine's Senate office announcing bicameral legislation introduced during his current U.S. Senate term.

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Occurrences

The S.O.S. Campus Act would require campuses to have an independent advocate to conduct public information campaigns on sexual assault prevention and ensure that survivors of sexual assault have access to: Emergency and follow-up medical care, Guidance on reporting assaults to law enforcement Medical forensic or evidentiary exams, Crisis intervention, ongoing counseling, and assistance throughout the process, and Information on their legal rights.

The S.O.S. Campus Act would require independent campus advocates to run prevention information campaigns and connect survivors with specified services and information.

[2026-10-01] Kaine & Dingell Introduce Legislation to Prevent Campus...
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Evidence

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S. 5657. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record shows Kaine introduced S. 5657, the Senate bill matching the commitment, and that it was referred to the Senate HELP Committee rather than enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 155 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)
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conduct public information campaigns on sexual assault prevention

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Kaine’s office describes the S.O.S. Campus Act as requiring independent campus advocates and survivor access to medical care, reporting guidance, forensic exams, counseling, process assistance, and legal-rights information. This is concrete legislative effort, not completed delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

[2026-10-01] Kaine & Dingell Introduce Legislation to Prevent Campus...
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-10 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment describes the S.O.S. Campus Act as legislation that would require campus sexual-assault prevention campaigns and survivor access to care, reporting guidance, forensic exams, counseling, assistance, and legal-rights information. The verified passage supports that Kaine advanced or supported this legislative proposal, so effort is credited. However, the verified evidence does not show enactment or a completed policy outcome, and there is no expired deadline requiring a 'never' finding as of 2026-10-10.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%