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Sponsor asks to continue hearing on bill to provide victims free police reports
Summary
Representative John McDonald asked the Judiciary Committee to continue House Bill 218 while stakeholders finalize an amendment that would deliver victims a free initial police report; prosecutors warned about pretrial disclosure and confidential materials, and an advocacy group said it supports the bill.
Representative John McDonald, sponsor of House Bill 218, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the bill would provide a victim of a crime with a free police report. McDonald asked the committee to continue the hearing to allow stakeholders time to finalize an amendment.
"This bill in a nutshell is basically to provide a victim of a crime a free police report," McDonald said, and added that stakeholders were "99% in agreement" on a proposed amendment.
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