Also tonight, New Jersey is now required to keep a statewide tracking system for rape kits.

Governor Murphy this week signed a bill directing the attorney general's office to create an online based system so that anyone from sexual assault victims to police officers or health care workers can track the forensic evidence kits.

It's through what's known as the chain of custody, from collection to results.

They contain biological evidence like hair or saliva taken from a victim to help identify perpetrators.

Advocates pushed for the bill as a way to help reduce the backlog of untested evidence and provide more transparency to victims.

A 2019 report found law enforcement agencies had more than 2800 untested kits in their possession that weren't submitted for a number of reasons, like lack of a suspect or discounted victims who had a history of mental illness.

Attorney General Matt Platkin last year issued a directive ordering all kits submitted to law enforcement to be tested and made more accessible.