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Senate panel hears survivors urge tougher penalties for knowingly concealing child abuse
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Senate Bill 15 88, which would raise criminal penalties for some mandated reporters who knowingly conceal child abuse, drew emotional testimony Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.
Senate Bill 15 88, which would raise criminal penalties for some mandated reporters who knowingly conceal child abuse, drew emotional testimony Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.
The bill would change certain instances of failure to report from a misdemeanor to a felony when a mandated reporter is aware of abuse and seeks to conceal it, sponsor Senator Lois Hancock said during opening remarks. The bill "specifically segment[s] out those that would be, under a felony versus…
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