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Committee approves bill prohibiting respondents from disconnecting utilities for protected people during short window
Summary
1st Substitute SB 123 would require courts to address utility-disconnection conduct in criminal protective orders and makes it an offense for respondents to terminate or interfere with utilities for the protected person for up to 60 days; the committee voted unanimously to advance the bill.
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously recommended Senate Bill 123, which clarifies that a respondent subject to a criminal protective order may not terminate or interfere with utilities used by the protected person during a 60-day window and directs courts to address utility issues in the protective order.
Senator Pitcher presented the bill, describing scenarios in which a respondent to a…
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