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Committee approves access to domestic violence and sexual-assault protection orders for law enforcement
Summary
The committee amended and unanimously recommended Senate Bill 22-89 to allow law enforcement inspection of domestic violence protection orders and added sexual-assault restraining orders to the list of records accessible through the court records system (Odyssey).
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an amended version of Senate Bill 22-89 to clarify law enforcement access to court records related to protection orders. The committee voted 11–0 to adopt the amendment and then 11–0 to give the bill a "do pass" recommendation as amended.
The amendment adds sexual-assault restraining orders to the types of records that law enforcement may inspect and changes wording about disclosure to match existing language used elsewhere in law. "We are fine with adding the sexual-assault restraining orders," a judicial branch representative…
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