Since that day, Masters has been working to change the laws in Texas surrounding the rape kit backlog, now culminating in a new law with her name. House Bill 8, or the Lavinia Masters Act, prevents kits from being destroyed for at least 40 years, calls for a statewide audit of kits in the backlog and dedicates $50 million to ensuring that evidence is tested in a timely manner. Meanwhile, a new online tracking system is being put in place to prevent recent kits from accumulating untested. Horror stories of rape kits left untouched have haunted both prosecutors and survivors of sexual violence for about as long as the DNA procedure has existed. And now, thanks in large part to years of hard work by Masters, Texas has become the latest state to tackle the backlog while using technology to make sure it does not form again in the future.