(As of September 2, 1997)
| State | Act No. | Code Cite | Legislative Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AL | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AK | HB 9 | AS 11.56 | New crime of interfering with report of domestic violence to police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AZ | Act 263 Act 102 |
12-1809 13-3601 13-3624 13-3601.01 |
Amends harassment injunction law; prohibition against mutual orders. Strengthens protective order laws; restricts mutual orders.
Strengthens temporary order laws. New authority for court to order domestic violence treatment. Joint legislative study committee established. |
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| AR | HB 2103 | Victim Rights Act: define stalking as violent crime and other amendments unrelated to domestic violence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CA
In Session |
Ch. 18 Ch. 9
Ch. 169 |
Penal Code § 1377(e)
Family Code § 646.91 |
Eliminates civil compromise alternative to criminal prosecution in domestic violence cases.
Appropriates funds for police and prosecution received by state from federal STOP grants; requires project reports to state. Adds authority for ex parte emergency order agains stalking; police may arrest. |
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| CO | HB 1077 |
18-9-111 16-7-403 |
Clarification amendment to harassment statute. Clarification that offenders under deferred prosecution are the same as probationers in respect to the court order incorporating any court protection order. |
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| CN |
97-126 97-257 |
46b-15 54-203 54-56h |
Amends requirements for language of protective order notice to include notice that order meets requirements for Full Faith & Credit. Establishes training program in victim rights for police, prosecution and judges. Requires entry and in-service training for new prosecutors; no content specification. |
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| DE | HB 163 | Title 11 1271A | Criminal contempt of court protective order requires minimum 15 day incarceration if injury resulted or if weapon threatened or two prior convictions for criminal contempt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DC | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FL |
SB 0148 HB 55 SB 198 |
741.29((4)(6) 901.15 (7) (12) 921.0014 943.171 741.30(2)(a), (2)(c)(8), (6)(a)(5), (7)b) 741.31(4) & 741.315 784.046(7)(c) 784.048 |
Amends police incident/arrest report requirement language; clarifies that arrest is preferred response only for primary aggressor; adds new crime of violation of any condition of release where initial offense was domestic violence (misdemeanor of 1st degree).
Sets public policy against dual arrests; adds provision authorizing warrantless arrest for violation of any bail release condition. Sentencing guideline point score increased if domestic violence occurred in presence of related child. Requires domestic violence police training to include determination of primary aggressor. Limits all fees in domestic violence cases to no more than $50; informational brochure prepared by court must warn of false information penalties; require respondent to pay for batterer treatment; removing time limits on protective order. Extends full faith and credit. Removes time limit on protective order duration. Adds new crime of harassing minor under age 16 as 3rd degree felony. |
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| GA |
HB 673 SB 171 |
35-1-10 19-13-23 |
Technical amendments to police training in domestic violence. New crime of publishing address of family violence shelter. |
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| HI | Act 25 | Prohibits informal adjustment of domestic violence cases in family court. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ID |
Ch. 89 Ch. 314 Ch. 69 |
19-603 18-920 39-6310 |
Clarifies officer discretion to arrest without warrant in domestic violence cases. Authorizes no-contact order as condition of bail. Requires petition for protective order to be included as part of order service, if not done before. |
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| IL |
90-0493 90-0392 |
ILCS 65/4 ILCS 5/112A-17 |
Adds domestic violence conviction as bar to firearm license. Amends legislation governing emergency protective orders to ensure judge availability and speed registration in state registry. |
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| IN | S 168 | 35046-1-15.1(10) | Provides for full faith and credit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IA |
SF 118 SF 542 SF 118 |
708.2A 236.15B 692A.1 |
Sets minimum jail term of 2 days except on deferred judgment for first offense; minimum sentence of one year; batterer treatment required if convicted or deferred judgment. Establishes tax check-off for funds to be assigned to emergency shelter services, etc. Clarifies that minimum sentence to be served in prison is one year regardless of the sentence duration and other editorial changes. |
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| KS | SB 214 |
19-801b(3) & 74-5605(d)
74-5616(c) |
Prohibits sheriff or other police officer from office if they have committed misdemeanor domestic violence.
Officer certification shall be revoked if convicted of domestic violence. |
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| KY | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA | HB 2325 | 46:1844 |
Victim given right to comment to prosecutor on presentence report findings.
Establishing state-wide crime victim's assistance information phone line. Other amendments. |
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| ME | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MD |
Ch. 307 Ch. 316 Ch. 317 Ch. 399 Ch. 311 312 |
Family Law § 4-501 Art 27 § 798 Art 27 § 387A Crts & Jud Proced § 9-106 Art 27 § 461A |
Technical amendments to protective order notice procedures. Clarifying law enforcement duties to accompany complaint removing property. Providing that discovery of spouse committing adultery is not legal provocation for mitigating murder charge. Expungement of arrest record not available when spouse refused to testify at trial. Victims Rights Act reenactment, including new provision that prior sex history not relevant for attempted rape, establishing pretrial release conditions authority, inform victims of domestic violence of right to obtain copy of incident report. |
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MA
In Session |
None to date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MI
In Session |
Act 65 | § 28.643(8) | Provides for enhanced penalties for stalking where stalkee is a minor and stalker is at least 5 years older. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MN |
Ch. 96 Ch. 239 |
518B.01 & 609.748 609.11 609.749 Section 2 609.498 609.78 518B.01 611A.039 299C.10 |
Provides for felony crime of violating order under specified conditions, including weapon possession; minimum 30 days with probation following felony conviction or stalking against minor.
Mandatory minimum sentences applicable to harassment and stalking. Eliminates requirement of proof of specific intent to frighten etc in stalking or harassment cases. Pilot project established to use breath analyzer units to monitor domestic abuse offenders. Added crime of aggravated witness tampering as felony Crime of interference with 911 call is gross misdemeanor. Full faith and credit; order must contain notice of possible federal charges under 18 USC § 2265. Victims Rights Act duties of prosecutor now include notice of case disposition or of court considering sentence change. Fingerprinting required of persons charged with misdemeanor offense of order violations, domestic assault, or harassment. |
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| MS | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MO | HB 069 | 70.820.6 | Police may arrest without warrant where police sees "asserting physical force or using forcible compulsion&" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MT |
Ch. 245 Ch. 484 |
45-5-202 (3)(b) 40-15-202 (4) 46-6-311 (2)(b) |
Person convicted of felony assault of family member required to pay for counseling. Evidence of victim's sexual conduct not generally relevant to hearing on order of protection. Only a primary aggressor, as determined by officer, should be arrested per the preferred arrest state policy. |
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| NE | LB 90 | New provision | Provides for enhancement of penalties for crimes of & assault, stalking, terroristic threats, sexual assault, other violent felonies, and criminal trespass committed because of person's & gender& civil action also authorized. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NV |
SB 387 SB 155 AB 170 |
171. 179A.0756 (g) 178.4844, 6 178.4851 (6) Ch. 217 171.1225 Ch. 179A New provision in Ch. 33 3.223 (3); new provision in Ch. 41 4.3731, 4.3762, 5.076 (5) 33.090 New provision of Ch. 200 New provision |
Specifies content of required written report of every domestic violence incident; if citation issued in lieu of arrest for domestic violence, officer must fingerprint offender
Central repository report every other year on domestic violence required. Bail schedule set for non-court release without court hearing after 12 hours; no-contact order authorized at bail. Order releasing without bail must contain provision requiring arrest for violation of order conditions. Fictitious address for victims of domestic violence. Adds dating relationship to definition of domestic violence. Creates central registry for orders of protection as of October 1998. Requires orders of protection to be forwarded to central repository. Establishes court jurisdiction to hear civil damage complaints from victims of domestic violence; authorizes cause of action. Authorizes treatment and residential confinement as alternatives to imprisonment for domestic battery where no danger exists to victim. Full faith and credit through registering foreign order with state court. Sets penalties for domestic violence under 33.018; 3r offense in 7 years is felony. Creates office of domestic violence ombudsman within office of attorney general to assist victims. |
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| NH | Ch. 242 | 633:3-a, III | Authorizes stalking protective order and arrest without warrant for its violation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NJ
In Session |
None through Ch 1-102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NM | Ch. 59 | 40-13-6 | Eliminates fee for serving of order of protection on defendant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NY | Ch. 644 | Authorizes the court to revoke or suspend gun license with order of protection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NC
In Session |
S. 627
S. 667 |
50B-1
14-277.3 |
Expands definition of class of persons eligible to seek protective order.
Broadens scope of stalking law protections. |
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| ND | SB 2266 |
14-07.1-02, 03 14-07.1-13 |
Authorizes court at its discretion to order surrender of firearms as part of protection order.
Mandates arrest for violation of criminal protective order prohibiting contact. |
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OH
In Session |
SB 1 |
737.11 and 1907.18, 2919.27 (A)(3), 2919.272 2919.26 2935.03 |
Full faith and credit by police and courts required. Protection order must state that it can not be waived by invitation from person protected. Mandatory arrest for domestic violence, violation of protective order, stalking, and aggravated trespass based upon probable cause; if officer has reasonable grounds to believe domestic violence or order violation occurred, arrest is the preferred response. Deadly weapons used or brandished are contraband to be seized. Victim wishes to drop prosecution are not controlling. |
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| OK | H. 1361 |
22 O.S. § 40.3 22 O.S. § 60.5 21 O.S. § 644 |
Extends period within which an arrest without warrant may be made from 4 to 72 hours after incident.
Requires police agency receiving copy of protective order from court to allow 24 hour access to order by other agencies. Extends definition of who is protected by domestic assault and battery law; clarifies that prior convictions used to enhance penalties must have been in a court of record. |
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OR
In Session |
SB 301
HB 3002 |
24.185 107.718 163.738 107.725 |
Editorial amendments to full faith and credit law and adding for bail of $5000 pending contempt hearing for violation of foreign order.
Amends scope of protective order prohibitions to cover attempts to violate order. Amends stalking order scope to include attempts to make contact. Expands authority of court to extend time period of protective order based upon reasonable fear, rather than new acts of abuse. |
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PA
In Recess |
H.B. 992 | Police agencies required to adopt domestic violence arrest and other written policies and procedures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RI |
Ch. 165 Ch. 164 Ch. 134 Ch. 308 |
12-29-5.1 et seq. 2-29-5(d) 12-29-4 9-21-11; |
Adds Batters Interventions Standards Oversight Committee to set minimum standards, including 40 hours over 20 weeks. Amends existing provisions for mandated batterer intervention to meet minimum standards. Makes willful violation of a dispositional no-contact order is misdemeanor. Makes discretionary with the victim forwarding of protective order to police (Was mandatory). |
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| SC |
Act 141 Act 120 |
16-3-1510 et seq 16-25-70 |
Reenacts Victim Rights Act including police provision of free incident report, provide notice of rights, and keep victim informed of case status. Prohibits arrest of non-primary aggressor where police receive cross-complaints of domestic violence and sets standards for this determination If officer arrests two or more persons, incident report must explain basis for action |
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| SD |
SB 106 SB 143 SB 181 |
22-19A-new section 22-19A-1 7-16-18 |
Establishes procedure for civil protection order in stalking cases; violation of order is Class 1 misdemeanor. If the violation is an assault, violation is a felony 6. Amends definition of stalking crime. State's Attorney may receive fees under Violence Against Women Act, 42 USC § 3796gg et seq for child support enforcement. |
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| TN |
Ch. 338 Ch. 176 Ch. 250 Ch. 459 Ch. 476 Ch. 480 |
8-8-102 40-14-1- 36-3-6- 36-3-601 39-17-1351(c) (16) 39-13-507 |
Sheriff qualifications include no conviction for domestic violence Plea of guilty to domestic violence must be preceded by informing defendant of federal law bar to own gun. Full faith and credit to be offered out-of-state orders. Editorial amendments to protective order laws. Establishes bar to handgun permit from domestic violence conviction. Removes provision requiring prosecutor review of charges; permits affidavit of complaint. |
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| TX |
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| UT | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VT | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VA |
Ch. 322 Ch. 603 Ch. 831 |
19.2-165.1 16.1-253.1 16.1-253.4 18.2-57.2 19.2-152.8 19.2-152.9 19.2-152.10 |
Medical fees in marital sexual assault evidence gathering paid by state Provides for prioritization of registering emergency protective orders and authorizes police to seek an order electronically. A warrant for arrest for domestic violence shall be accompanied by issuance of emergency protective order. Court shall issue emergency protective order when warrant for stalking issued to last 72 hours; order to be put into state information system as soon as practicable; fees for serving defendant waived. Preliminary and permanent protective order against stalking authorized; fees for service waived. |
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| WA |
Ch. 29 HB 1636 |
9A.72.110 9A.46.020 |
Expands scope of law criminalizing threats against witness or former witness. Editorial amendments to harassment law to clarify immediate threats are included in law's scope. |
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| WV | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WI
In Session |
None to date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WY |
Act 116 Act 108 |
35-21-108 6-4-404 |
Bail release incorporates all provisions of any existing protective order. Provides for full faith and credit of out-of-state orders. |
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