State

Act/Chapter No.

Statute Affected

Law

Alabama

Act 276

13A-6-61, 62

Amends laws defining rape to provide that females may commit rape

Act 597

New

Provides a bar to bail for persons charged with domestic violence until taken before a magistrate and authorizing issuance of criminal order of protection as condition of bail

Act 266

New

Creates crime of domestic violence in first, second and third degrees

Act 728

13A-6-67

Amends laws defining sexual abuse in second degree

Act 807

New

Enacts crime of terrorist threat

15-20-26

Places restrictions on convicted sex offenders' location of residence and employment

Alaska

Ch. 33

11.41.425(a)

Creates crime of sexual assault for government staff

Ch. 57

18.68.040

Forbids agencies and health facilities to charge victims for costs of sex assault examination

Ch. 67

12.55.155(c)(18)

Increases penalties to felony for domestic violence committed in physical presence or hearing of a child

Ch. 44

11.56.760(a)

Amends law requiring DNA testing of offenders

Arizona

Ch 72

12-1810

Authorizes employers to seek injunction against harassment of employees at the workplace

Ch. 42

13-3601

Amends definition of domestic violence to make law gender neutral and to increase penalties where victim was pregnant

13-403

Provides mechanism for executive clemency in cases involving battered persons syndrome

Ch. 122

Uncodified

Establishes Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault State Plan Task Force

Ch. 189

13-3019

Amends law regarding surreptitious viewing or recording of another person in restroom, bathroom, etc.

31-281

Makes editorial changes to DNA sampling requirement

Ch. 373

13-4240

Provides procedure for convicted defendants to request DNA testing

13-4438

Provides for DNA testing of out-of-state convicts residing instate under parole or probation

31-281

Provides that DNA samples must be maintained for a minimum of 35 years

Ch. 361

12-1809

Strengthens laws waiving waiver of filing fees with petition for anti-harassment court order

13-702

Provides for enhanced penalties where domestic violence committed in presence of child

13-3601

Amends definition of domestic violence to include cases involving step-parent or step-grandparent and where is victim is child of spouse/intimate of defendant

13-3601.1

Authorizes court to impose alternative sentence in lieu of batterer intervention where defendant has previously been ordered to batterer intervention treatment and deletes the previous maximum term of 12 months probation for recidivist batterers

13-3601.2

Makes editorial changes to aggravated domestic violence law for repeat offenders

13-3602

Authorizes persons ordered to vacate premises under order of protection to return to premises with law enforcement officer to retrieve belongings and authorizes correctional officer to serve papers

Ch. 331

36-3004 et seq

Makes editorial changes to law providing grants to shelters, provides for development of weighted methodology for distribution of funds and requires involvement of domestic violence coalition in annual report preparation

Arkansas

Not in Session

California

Ch. 33

Civil Procedure § 1277, 78

Gov't Code § 6205.5

Establishes procedures for participants in domestic violence address confidentiality program to bring petition for name change that keep the name change confidential

Ch. 564

Penal Code 3071

Provides for establishment of training of parole officers to supervise stalkers upon release from prison

Ch. 47

Penal Code 836

Amends law authorizing warrantless arrests in domestic violence cases to include dating relationships

Ch. 90

Family Code 243

Amends requirements for service in hearings on temporary orders of protection

Ch. 97

Evidence Code 1109

Authorizes use of evidence of prior elder abuse in domestic violence prosecutions

Ch. 235

Penal Code 803

Extends statute of limitations in sexual assault cases where DNA evidence is available to one year after identity established

Colorado

Ch. 171

18-9-111

Amends telephone harassment law to include harassment by use of a computer

18-3-206

Increases penalties for menacing for display of or representation that article is a deadly weapon

18-3-402

Rewrites rape law

Ch. 229

13-14-102

Authorizes issuance of civil restraining order against juveniles over the age of 10 and related amendments

18-6-801

Increases penalties for repeat (3) domestic violence to class 5 felony

Ch. 216

18-3-412.5

Amends sexual offender registration law

18-7-701

Creates new crime of sexual conduct involving inmates and custodial staff of correctional facility

16-11,7-103

Creates Sexual Offender Management Board

19-2-924.5

Provides for DNA testing of juvenile sex offenders

Ch. 74

17-27.1-101 et seq.

Amends laws relating to certification of private treatment of sex offenders and others

Ch. 173

18-3-412.5

Amends sex offender registration laws

Ch. 131

18-3-415, 415.5, 18-7-201.5, 205.5

Amends laws requiring AIDS testing of sex offenders

Ch. 231

16-11-204.3

Provides for DNA testing of burglars as condition of probation

16-11-104, 16-11-308

Expands the list of offenses for which DNA testing ir required where sentence to incarceration ordered

17-22.5-202

Requires offenders released from incarceration without parole or supervision undergo DNA testing

Ch. 125

18-3-412.5

Amends sex offender registration law

Ch. 268

16-11-102.3, 16-11-401.5

Expands list of offenders required to submit to DNA testing

Ch. 75

24-4.1-302.5, 303(14.5)

Expands rights of victims to include right to be informed of HIV test results

Connecticut

PA 161

53a-70

Adds crime of sexual assault in first degree for sexual relations with person having mental impairment affecting ability to give consent

PA 80

New

Extends statute of limitations in sex crimes to 20 years where DNA testing available

52-582

Removes three year limit on motions for new trial where new DNA evidence now available

Delaware

Ch. 320

11 Del Code 205

Extends statute of limitations for additional ten years where DNA test results basis of prosecution

11 Del Code 4504

Provides for post-conviction DNA testing

HB 544

11 Del Code 9002(3)a

Expands crimes for which victim compensation is authorized to include stalking of children

11 Del Code 9002(8)

Provides for victim compensation payments to victims of domestic violence where incarceration of defendant results in loss of support

District of Col.

Act 308

New

Enacts Sex Offender Registration Act

Florida

Ch 220

741.316

Creates a domestic violence fatality review team

Requires Department of Law Enforcement tp annually publish a report based on data about domestic violence gathered by the domestic violence fatality review teams

Uncodified

Creates domestic violence capital improvement grant program for domestic violence centers

Ch. 219

741.3165

Exempting records of domestic violence fatality review teams from public disclosure

Ch. 179

921.16

Enacting the Sexual Predator Prosecution Act that amends sentencing laws relative to sexual battery and homicide, requiring consecutive sentencing

Ch. 178

907.041

Amending laws relating to pretrial release forbidding the use of nonmonetary bail in cases involving charges of "dangerous crimes, including domestic violence and stalking

Ch. 233

943.325

Expanding category of offenders required to provide a DNA specimen to burglars

Ch. 204

New

Providing for the admissibility into evidence of a defendant's confession of committing sexual abuse under certain conditions

Ch. 11

Uncodified

Extends life of Domestic Violence Trust Fund

Ch. 207

775.21, 944.606, .607

Amends sexual offender registration law

Georgia

Act 804

16-5-90

Amends stalking law to include acts undertaken by computer and other electronic communications and expands the crime of stalking to include publication of personal information about a victim when an order of protection has been issued and thereby causes a third party to harass or intimidate the victim

Act 738

24-4-60 et seq

Amends DNA testing law to expand the list of covered offenses and establish procedures for this purpose

Act 475

20-2-314

Establishes rape prevention education program for grades 8 through 12

Act 739

34-1-7

Authorizes issuance of protection order for employees suffering violence or threat of violence at workplace

19-13-4

Limits scope of mutual orders of protection and expands court's authority to order possession of a residence to non-spousal intimates or to provide alternative housing

Hawaii

Act 140

586-1, 3.5

Includes dating relationship within definition of household member for purposes of a domestic violence protective order

586-4, 5

Specifies the types of acts that a protective order may bar, including an order that minor child attend services designed for children of batterers, and extends maximum period in which order is effective from three to five years

586-10

Mandates transmittal of issuance or order to law enforcement within 24 hours

586-11

Provides for mandatory minimum jail term of 48 hours for first violation of protective order and thirty days for second and subsequent violations

586-A et seq

Provides for Full Faith and Credit to be given to foreign protective orders

Idaho

Ch 293

9-340C

Provides exemption from disclosure of public records, records of child support services where there is evidence of domestic violence

Ch. 343

39-5202 et seq.

Adds "and Victim Assistance" to name Council on Domestic Violence and expands their grant making duties to include other crimes

Ch. 72

39-6310

Authorizes service of process for domestic violence orders of protection by certified mail where party has waived personal service in open court

Ch. 235

18-8314

Amends duties of Sexual Offender Classification Board

Ch. 236

18-8303, 8310, 8311

Amends Sexual Offender Registration Act

Ch. 237

18-8319

Amends Sexual Offender Registration Act

Ch 239.

18-920

Authorizes issuance of no-contact order by criminal court after conviction for specified crimes

Ch. 136

39-6303, 6304

Expands definition of domestic violence to include minor child victims in a dating relationship and authorizes parents of such child to file petition for order of protection

Ch. 358

18-918

Clarifies that domestic violence is a battery and requires that counseling ordered by the court shall be according to standards established by Idaho Council on Domestic Violence

Illinois

PA 91-759

305 ILCS 5/4-22

Requires the state welfare agency to develop training materials on domestic violence for its staff who serve applicants

PA 91-888

410 ILCS 70/5, 6.4-

Amends Sexual assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act by granting minors over the age of 13 authority to release information about the assault to the authorities

PA 91-895

720 ILCS 5/19-4

Increases penalties for criminal trespass to a felony where knowing entry is made to a residence where other persons are present

PA 91-875

725 ILCS 207/5 etc.

Amends Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act

PA 91-903

725 ILCS 5/110-10

Authorizes criminal court to set conditions of bail including requirement that defendant obey orders of protection issued by non-Illinois courts

725 ILCS 5/112A-22.5, 28; 750 ILCS 60/222.5, 223, 302

Establishes procedures for filing of out-of-state orders of protection in state courts and forwarding of that information to the State Police

730 ILCS 5-6-3, 6-3.1

Provides that conditions of probation, conditional discharge and parole may include requirement of obeying foreign orders of protection

735 ILCS 5/12-652

Provides for Full Faith and Credit for foreign orders of protection and further provides that registration of the foreign order id not required for enforcement, but is discretionary with the victim

Indiana

Law 47

33-19-6-13

Adds crime of domestic battery to list of offenses conviction of which requires payment into domestic violence prevention and treatment fund; including cases where victim was living as if spouse of batterer

35-33-1-1

Authorizes arrest without warrant based upon probable cause that domestic battery has occurred

Iowa

SF 2308, West ALS No. 142

236.19

Amends laws relating to full faith and credit of foreign orders of protection

708.7 (1)(a)(1)

Amends telephone harassment laws to include all forms of electronic communications

H.F. 2362, West ALS No. 136

New

Establishes domestic abuse death review team

H.F. 2522, West ALS No. 117

236.3 (1)(2); 236.10

Provides for confidential mailing addresses for victims of domestic violence

S.F. 2031, West ALS No. 50

692A.3, .7

Amends sex offender registration act

S.F. 2015

901A.1 (1)(b), (2)

Amends law providing enhanced penalties for seually predatory offenses

Kansas

HB 2805

21-3438

Amends stalking law to provide for electronically communicated threats

21-4001

Amends eavesdropping law making it a Class A misdemeanor to use a concealed camera or other device to secretly film another person in the nude or in a state of undress with the intent to invade that person's privacy

Kentucky

Ch. 401

508.130, .140

Amends stalking law to expand the types of protective orders, violation of which results in an increased penalty for stalking

510.015

Provides that a third or subsequent misdemeanor involving sexual offenses may be prosecuted as Class D felony

237.095

Provides for notification of court and law enforcement when person barred because of domestic violence from ownership or possession of firearm buys/attempts to buy a firearm

17.500 et seq

Amends sexual offender registration laws

17.580

Web site for dissemination of sexual offender information

17.554 et seq.

Amends provisions establishing Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board

Ch. 317

194A.540

Requires Secretary for Health Services to establish training programs on domestic violence for alcohol and drug counselors, psychiatrists, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and coroners

Ch 403-new

Creates Governor's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and authorizes establishment of local domestic violence coordinating councils, whose duties may include creation of domestic violence fatality review teams

403.7505

Forbids offering of court ordered treatment services without state certification

404.784

Requires Justice Cabinet to develop training for police dispatchers and probation or parole officers concerning domestic violence and adds training requirements on rape, effects of crime, and child abuse for all law enforcement training recipients under the statute

Ch. 142

Ch 211 - new

Requires Cabinet for Health Services to establish regional rape crisis centers

Ch. 345

Creates crime of sexual abuse where correctional officer has sexual relations with inmate or any other person supervised by the department

Ch. 400

431.064

Creates civil action for stalking

431.220

Authorizes registration of criminal orders of protection in state registry of orders

Louisiana

Act 3 (X)

46:1844(W)

Amends Victim Rights Act to include right to confidentiality of victims of sex offenses

Act 13 (X)

40:967(F)(3)

Adds date rape drug gamma butyrolactone and gamma hydroxybutyric acid to list of prohibited drugs

Act 141

13:998(A), (E)(1)

Extends the number of counties in which court fees are collected for distribution to organizations providing women's services

Maine

Ch. 644

Tit. 17-A Ch. 15(1)

Expands authority for warrantless arrests in misdemeanor cases to include stalking and related crimes where the arrestee and victim are members of same family

17-A Ch 758

Creates crime of obstructing report of crime or injury

Ch 659

Tit. 7 CH 850(4)

Requires employers to grant employees leave from work to victims of stalking and other violence against women to obtain services to remedy a crisis caused by that crime

Ch 126

Uncodified

Establishes study commission on domestic violence

Ch 639

14 MRSA 752-C

Removes retroactively statute of limitations on sex abuse crimes against minors for both civil and criminal proceedings

Ch 719

5 MRSA 3360-M

Provides for payment for forensic examinations of alleged victims of gross sexual assault

24 MRSA 2986, 25 MRSA2915, 3821, 30-A MRSA 287

Requires use of standard forensic examination kit for rape examinations and authorizes hospitals to file directly with Victims' Compensation Board for payment of exam fees

Ch 731

Uncodified

Authorizes use of funds from Governor's Training Initiative for purposes of employers and public about domestic violence in workplace

Ch 746

Uncodified

Appropriates funds for nine domestic violence prosecutors

Ch 788

17-A MRSA 1252,

Provides for sentencing to a definite incarceration term of years for offenders convicted as dangerous sexual offenders for any term of years

17-A MRSA 1202, 1203

Removes limit on length of probation sentence that may be set for dangerous sexual offenders and authorizes revocation for failure to participate in sex offender treatment program

17-A MRSA 1231

Creates new period of supervised release after incarceration for dangerous sexual offenders

Maryland

Ch. 277

Art. 27 § 464G

Adds prohibition against correctional agency staff having sexual relations with person confined in child care institution

Ch. 314

Art. 27 § 792

Amends sex offender registration law to provide special provisions for sexually violent predators

Ch. 344

Art. 27 § 287C

Establishes crime of using date rape drugs as separate offense

Ch. 572

Art. 27 § 804

Establishes Domestic Violence Pilot Project Fund for special law enforcement units dedicated to service of protection orders

Massachusetts

Ch. 164

Ch 265 § 43A

Creates crime of criminal harassment for actions that seriously alarm victim and result in substantial emotional distress

Michigan

Act 2, 3

MCL 600.5805

Extends statute of limitations for victims of domestic violence to either file a civil suit or a criminal action

Act 112

MCL 400.1501

Expands definition of domestic violence to include non-physical injury acts and broader definition of family ot household member

Act 227

MCL 750.520c, 520e

Increase penalties to felony for employee of Department of Corrections or other correctional agency to have sexual relations with inmate or probationer

Minnesota

Ch 311

609.749

Amends harassment law to include communication by electronic means

243.166, 167

Amends Predatory Offender Registration and Community Notification Act

244.052

Makes editorial changes and requires posting of registry information for high risk offenders on the Internet

259.115, 259.13

Provides criminal penalties for sex offender registrant who changes name without authorization

Ch. 476

609.748

Limits application of harassment law to instances where there is a substantial adverse effect on victim and requires petitions for orders of protection to include such allegations before an order may be issued

Ch 445

13.82(3b), 13.99, 611A.07, 611A.32 et seq.

Makes editorial changes to Battered Women and Domestic Abuse Act to make law gender neutral

611A.37

Provides funds for shelters for battered women

Ch. 368

611A.201 et seq.

Creating Interagency Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and its position of director

Ch. 437

518B.01

Shortens time period prior to hearing during which service of process may be completed giving notice of hearing on order of protection and further provides that in lieu of personal service a law enforcement officer may provide short form notification

518B.01(22)

Authorizes criminal court no-contact orders at pretrial and sentencing hearings. Warrantless arrest based upon probable cause is authorized for violation of such an order

609.2242

Provides that prior domestic violence as a juvenile is a prior offense for purposes of imposing increased sanctions for repeat domestic violence

634.20

Rewrites provision authorizing evidentiary use o prior conduct in proceedings involving domestic abuse

Ch. 480

253B.185

Proves prosecutor access to health records of persons who are subject to civil commitment prior to filing of commitment request

Ch. 359

253B.185

Requires report to legislature on sex offender management, including analysis of civil commitment offenders

Ch. 471

541.05

Provides for a six year statute of limitation for civil suit based upon domestic violence

Uncodified

Establishes pilot project for joint domestic abuse prosecution unit for Ramsey County and St. Paul prosecutors

Ch. 401

626.5552

Sets guidelines for child protective staff to apply in cases where child has been exposed to domestic violence

Mississippi

Ch. 553

97-3-107

Expands the types of orders of protection, violation of which increases the penalty for stalking

Ch. 499

45-33-21 et seq

Amends and reenacts sex registration law

Ch. 552

97-3-7 (3)(4)

Amends definition of domestic abuse to include current or former spouse and couples having a biological or legally adopted child in common

Ch. 554, 555

99-3-7 (3)

Expands warrantless arrest authority to include violations of ex parte protective orders and orders issued by out-of-state courts

Missouri

HB 1677, West ALS No. 51

455.010

Expands definition of family or household member to include dating intimates as victims of domestic abuse

455.045, .050, .085

Expands authorized purposes of ex parte or full protection orders to include bar against communicating with petitioner and permits court to order restitution for medical expenses as condition of full order

455.205

Expands the type of civil cases for which counties may ad a $2 surcharge to fund local shelters to all civil cases

455.020

Establishes counselor confidentiality for domestic violence shelter workers

455.230

Establishes grant program for shelters to apply for help in renovation and construction

455.300, .305

Check West

Creates Missouri Domestic Violence Commission within Department of Public Safety to study solutions to domestic violence and establish up to 20 pilot projects

455.540 et seq

Creates duty upon local law enforcement to identify domestic violence-related homicides and suicides

565.063, .072 et seq

Establishes separate crimes of domestic assault as felony or misdemeanor, depending upon degree of injury, except where offender has 3 or more convictions for domestic violence, which is always a felony

Montana

None

Nebraska

LB 151

29-4107

Amends DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders Act

Nevada

Not in session

New Hampshire

Ch. 151

633:3-a

Adds new situations to definition of stalking, increases penalties for repeat stalking and authorizes issuance of civil orders of protection

Ch 256

265:1-new

Establishes address confidentiality program for victims of stalking and other violence against women crimes

Ch. 171

651-B:4, B:7, B:9

Amends sexual offender reporting act and creates new crime of misdemeanant sex offender failing to register

Ch. 230

173-B:5

Requires court on issuance of no-contact protective order to advise plaintiff that it would be unwise and possibly unsafe to contact defendant; if plaintiff wishes to contact defendant a modification of court order can be sought

New Jersey

Ch. 118

C53:1-20.20

Amends DNA collection act

New Mexico

Ch. 8

29-11A-3 et seq.

Amends Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, including providing for web publication

New York

North Carolina

Law 125

14-196.3

Creates crime of cyberstalking

Law 140

90-89(4), 90-95(d2)

Reclassifies Gamma hydroxybutyric acid and similar drugs as schedule II substances, including drugs containing this substance

North Dakota

Not in session

Ohio

File 125

2903.21.1

Amends stalking law provisions relating to mentally ill defendants

File 131

3719.41

Makes gamma-hydroxy-butyrate a schedule II controlled substance

HB 504

2907.08

Makes it a crime to secretly videotape another person to view the body of or undergarments of that person

Oklahoma

Ch. 370

22 OS 60.2, 60.4

Provides authority for court to issue orders against stalking as part of domestic violence order of protection and creates crime of falsely seeking order of protection for purposes of harassment and other purposes

21 O.S. 1173

Amends stalking law to increase penalties when stalking occurs in violation of permanent order of protection and clarifies that harassing behavior under the stalking law can include harassing or obscene phone calls and makes other language changes

22 OS 40.3, 60.1

Expands definition of family member to include grandparents, stepparents, adoptive parents and foster parents and making similar changes in definition of children

22 OS 40.6

Amends requirement for domestic violence reports to state police

22 OS 60.2

Eliminate service of process fees for protection order service

22 OS 60.5

Authorizes submission or protection order information to NCIC database

22 OS 60.9

Copy of order is prima facia evidence of valid order in effect; knowing presentment of false order to effect an arrest is a crime

22 OS 196

Extends period of time for warrentless arrest from 4 to 72 hours after incident occurred

Ch. 276

22 OSA 1371.1

Creates Indigent Defense System DNA Forensic Testing Program for convicted offenders

Ch. 85

22 OSA 60.6, 60.9

Provides Full Faith and Credit to foreign orders of protection

Ch. 175

21 OSA 1123

Adds to crime of sexual battery, any intentional touching, feeling, or like sex acts committed by governmental employees or contractors with person under legal supervision

Oregon

Not in Session

Pennsylvania

Act 18

18 PCSA 9792 et seq.

Amends sexually violent predators registration law

Act 12

18 PCSA 3124.2

Increases penalties for sexual relations between correctional employees and inmates, including juveniles and hospital patients

Act 10

23 PCSA § 6108

Extends duration of time within which order of protection is effective from 12 to 18 months

Rhode Island

Ch. 71, 198

8-8.1-4

Authorizes judges of family court to hear applications for ex parte orders of protection when district court judges not available

Ch. 167

15-15-1

Amends definition of domestic violence to include stepchildren and stepparents

Ch. 191, 426

12-29-4

Amends provisions relating to "filing" of complaints (deferred sentencing or disposition) to extend period of compliance with court orders to three from one year.

Ch 462, 358

11-37.1-4

Amends sexual offender registration law

Ch. 360

11-37.1-12

Amends provisions for community notification under sex offender registration law

South Carolina

Act 355

44-53-110, 190(e) et seq

Adds date rape drug gamma hydroxybutyric acid to list of controlled substances

16-3-652(1)(c)

Criminalizes use of date rape drugs and other intoxicants used to make victim unable to resist sexual advances

Act 379

23-6-435

Requires law enforcement officers to undergo training on domestic violence every year of a three year re-certification period, unless exempted because job responsibilities do not include these cases

South Dakota

Ch. 102

Restricts contact between victim and defendant arrested for stalking

Ch. 103

New

Increases penalties for sexual intercourse between correctional staff and inmates

Ch. 109

23-5-14

Amends DNA collection law

Ch. 101

New

Establishes new order of protection for victims of violent crime who have suffered physical injury

Ch. 119

25-10-1

Extends period of effectiveness of temporary order of protection beyond 30 days in certain circumstances

Ch. 111

23A-3-21

Requires collection of information about domestic violence summonses, charges, and arrests

Tennessee

Ch. 667

39-13-6-new

Creates crime of invasion of privacy

Ch. 731

40-26-106

Capital defendants may request DNA testing

Ch. 638

36-3-604, 609, 22-2-215

Provides for mail service for orders of protection on non-state residents

Ch. 788

36-3-624

Authorizes counties to establish domestic abuse death review teams

Ch. 781

36-3-609

Requires court issuing orders of protection to daily provide copies to local law enforcement, which upon receipt shall immediately place in state information system and take steps to enter into NCIC

Ch. 824

39-13-111

Creates crime of domestic assault against family or household members, including persons related by blood or marriage

Ch. 862

40-39-102, 104, 107

Amends sex offender registration law

Ch. 997

40-39-102, 107

Amends scope of offenses for which registration as sex offender is required

Texas

Not in session

Utah

Ch. 49

76-5-106.5

Makes technical correction to stalking law

Ch. 118

Uncodified

Extends time for final report of Council on Sexual Offenders and Victims

Ch. 128

76-9-702

Clarifies that certain acts constitute a sex crime only if they occur in a public place

Ch. 170

30-6-1, 76-5-102

Adds to definition of domestic abuse where one of the parties is the biological parent of the other's unborn child and provides increased penalties for an assault a pregnant victim when the defendant has knowledge of the pregnancy

Ch. 201

77-27-21.5

Amends sex offender registration law

Vermont

Act 134

15VSA 21 §1101 et seq

Creates address confidentiality program for victims of stalking and other violence against women crimes

Act 124

13 VSA § 1027

Provides that telephone harassment or threats includes communication by electronic means and that jurisdiction where such a crime is committed includes both where sent and where received

Virginia

Ch. 348

54.1-3446, 3450; 18.2-251.3

Provides criminal penalties for possession of date rape drugs and for manufacture or sale of such drugs or their chemical precursor

Ch. 284

19.2-310.5

Amends provision of DNA collection law to permit grater access to information about the existence of a DNA profile to law enforcement

Ch. 831

18.2-67.4:1

Creates new crime of deliberate infection through sexual relations with HIV or other sexually transmitted disease

Ch. 832

18.2-67.4

Makes technical amendment to definition of sexual battery

Ch. 250

19.2-390.1

Amends Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act requiring State Police to remove all information from its web site that it knows to be inaccurate

Washington

Ch. 77

9.35.new

Crime created for knowingly using false identity to send undesired mail to another for purposes of harassment or intimidation; civil damages provided for

Ch. 9

36.18.020

Decreases filing fees for petitions to obtain court order against harassment

Ch 91

9A.44.130. .135, .140

Amends sexual offender registration law to comply with federal standards

Ch. 54

70.125.030

State funded providers of services to sexual assault victims must include prevention services as a core treatment service

Ch. 329

43.43.754

Amends DNA collection act

Ch. 50

43. new

Establishes state and regional domestic violence fatality review teams

Ch. 119

26.50.035,

Provides that all family law orders of protection use identical language and be treated the same in criminal enforcement proceedings and that state court informational brochures be updated to reflect this change

26.50.060. 070, 10.99.040

Adds to scope of prohibitions that may be contained in order of protection to include prohibition against knowingly coming within or remaining within, a specified distance from a specified location

West Virginia

Ch. 97

48-2A-2

Clarifies that dating relationship for purposes of defining domestic violence does not include casual acquaintances or ordinary fraternization

Ch. 86

61-8B-10

Makes criminal for employee working at adult or juvenile correctional facility or a parole agent to engage in sexual conduct with an inmate or parolee or probationer

Ch. 219

15-2C-2, 15-12-1a et seq.

Amending sex offender registry laws

Ch. 59

15-2B-6

Adds provision to DNA collection law authorizing state to apply for court order to compel blood testing

Ch. 85

61-8B-1

Deletes from definitions of sexual intercourse and sexual intrusion qualification that parties be unmarried

61-8B-3, 5

Qualifies definition of sexual assault involving sex with a minor that parties not be married to one another

Wisconsin

Act 188

252.15

Amends provisions for HIV testing of criminal defendants

Act 156

301.45

Amends sex offender registration law

Act 89

20.410

Amends law relating to polygraph testing of sex offenders on probation or parole

51.20, 301.132 etc.

Amends sex offender registration law

Act 71

814.70

Extends exemption for filing and service of process fees for petitioners seeking harassment orders of protection and further providing that respondent convicted of order violation is responsible for these fees

Act 57

139.87(2), .89, .95(1)

Adds flunitrazepam date rape drug to substance abuse laws

Act 49

6.28, 6.33 etc.

Authorizes victims of domestic abuse to be listed confidentially on elector registration lists

Wyoming

Ch 11

6-2-501

Provides that convictions for domestic assault in out-of-state courts qualifies as a prior offense for sentencing as a recidivist offender

7-13-301

Prohibits granting of probation to specified recidivist domestic abusers

Ch. 54

35-21-109 et seq., 6-4-404

Provides for Full Faith and Credit to foreign orders of protection

35-21-102

Broadens definition of household member under Domestic Violence Protection Act to include persons who been in a dating relationship

35-21-103

Clarifies that certain events are not grounds for denying a petition, including lapse of time between incident and filing of petition

35-21-105

Authorizes court to impose restrictions upon child visitation as part of its order of protection; bars ordering petitioner to attend counseling as condition of order; prohibits use of mutual orders, but permits separate orders to be issued in the same proceeding

Ch. 81

7-19-301, 302

Amends sex offender registration act