No. CS/SB 296
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; providing requirements for such alert system; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program; requiring the Attorney General to designate certain entities to assist victims of dating violence applying to be address confidentiality program participants, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDDating violence victims can now apply for the Attorney General's address confidentiality program, just as domestic violence victims already can. This prevents their new addresses from being disclosed in public records.
The Division of Telecommunications must conduct a feasibility study on a web-based 911 alert system for domestic and dating violence victims. The study must be reported to the legislature by January 31, 2027.
The bill defines dating violence for these purposes, covering assaults, stalking, and threats by someone in a romantic or intimate relationship, regardless of whether the acts were reported to police.
Victims of stalking can now use the same address confidentiality procedures as domestic and dating violence victims, provided they file a sworn statement with the Attorney General.
AIMandates a state-led study to design a web-based 911 alert system for domestic and dating violence victims.
AIExtends the Attorney General's address confidentiality program to victims of dating violence, not just domestic violence.
AIAdds a statutory definition of dating violence to the address confidentiality program, tying it to romantic or intimate relationships.
AIExempts dating violence victims' personal information from public records disclosure, mirroring the existing domestic violence exemption.
AIRequires law enforcement to provide dating violence victims with information about the address confidentiality program.