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Senate gives final passage to bill creating comprehensive victim-services portal
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The Louisiana Senate gave final passage to House Bill 479, a bipartisan measure to establish a comprehensive victim services system and a notification portal for crime victims; sponsor said the portal will notify victims of pending criminal proceedings and provide information to district attorneys and the judiciary.
The Louisiana State Senate gave final passage to House Bill 479, a measure to create a comprehensive victim services system that establishes a crime victims' bill of rights and a notification portal, the clerk reported.
Senator Jay Morris, sponsor of the Senate motion to pass the House bill, told senators the measure was developed with the administration's criminal law division and Representative Mandy Landry. “It creates a portal that will allow for the notification to all crime victims, and it's, of…
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