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House panel advances bill letting judges impose no-contact orders beyond imprisonment for DUI-related treatment sentences
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted 14-0 to give House Bill 1313 a "do pass" recommendation after a brief hearing in which sponsor Rep. Bernie Satrim said the bill adds a no-contact order as an explicit sentencing alternative and expands its timeframe beyond a term of imprisonment.
Representative Bernie Satrim, sponsor of House Bill 1313, told the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 12 that the bill adds a specific no-contact order prohibiting contact with a victim to the statutory list of sentencing alternatives and does not limit that order to the term of imprisonment.
The measure would allow judges to issue a no-contact order as part of a sentence that can apply during imprisonment, probation, parole or other post-sentence supervision. "It adds the letter F on page 2, which is a no contact order prohibiting contact with the victim of the offense,"…
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