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Senate Judiciary reviews House changes to S.9 on after-hours protection orders
Summary
The Senate Judiciary committee reviewed House amendments to S.9 that add two technical changes: clarifying emergency filing hours and aligning service procedures for certain protection orders with domestic-violence practice. Advocates said the changes will help survivors; committee staff said they will follow up on next procedural steps.
Senate Judiciary committee members on April 15 examined House amendments to S.9, a bill that adds after-hours access to forensic protection orders for assault and addresses related procedural changes.
Michelle Childs, Office of Legislative Council, told the committee she was presenting the “as passed by house version of s 9 and after hours access to orders against ****** assault,” and that the House had added two new sections while leaving the committee’s section 3 unchanged.
The House additions are technical, Childs said. Section 1 clarifies how emergency relief is…
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