Panel advances bill extending forensic exam window and adding domestic violence coverage
The Senate Judiciary Committee gave a due-pass recommendation to Senate Bill 2209 as amended, which would make permanent a pilot program allowing forensic medical exams for domestic violence victims and extend the evidence-collection window from 96 to 120 hours; committee added a $200,000 appropriation to the bill.
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Senate Judiciary Committee members voted to advance Senate Bill 2209, a measure that would codify a pilot program expanding forensic medical exams to victims of domestic violence and extend the allowable exam window from 96 hours to 120 hours.
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