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Committee advances bill to expand protective orders for burglary victims
3281168 · May 13, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 2596 would allow victims of burglaries committed with intent to commit additional felony offenses to seek protective orders regardless of their relationship to the offender; the committee reported the bill favorably after a district attorney described a local case highlighting the gap.
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted to report House Bill 2596 favorably after testimony that current law can leave burglary victims without protective orders even when the burglar intends or attempts additional felony conduct.
Senator Zaffarini laid out the…
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