No. CS/SB 32
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Injunctions for Protection; Defining the terms “serious violence by a known person” and “serious bodily injury”; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to electronically transmit copies of specified documents within a certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of such injunction for protection from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDVictims of serious violence by a known person can now seek a court injunction. This expands protection beyond existing categories like domestic or dating violence.
Courts must issue these injunctions without charging a filing fee. This removes a financial barrier for people seeking legal protection.
Law enforcement officers must accept and immediately serve certified copies of these new injunctions. This ensures rapid enforcement of court orders.
A statewide verification system will electronically transmit information about these injunctions to criminal justice agencies. This allows quick access to protection status.
AICreates a new cause of action for an injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, expanding the types of violence covered under the statute.
AIDefines serious violence by a known person as an act of violence between known individuals that causes serious bodily injury, establishing the threshold for the new injunction type.
AIProhibits the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for filing a petition for protection against serious violence by a known person, removing a financial barrier for victims.
AIRequires law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of the injunction from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent who has been located but not yet served.
AICreates a statewide verification system within the Department of Law Enforcement to electronically transmit information about serious violence by a known person injunctions to criminal justice agencies.