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Committee hears bill for a domestic‑violence offender registry; defenders and public defender oppose
Summary
Delegate Alethia McCaskill’s bill to create a domestic‑violence offender registry drew support from survivors and advocacy groups and opposition from the public defender’s office and others who questioned the registry’s effectiveness, privacy impacts and unintended penal consequences.
The Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 847, a proposal to create a publicly searchable registry of persons convicted multiple times of domestic‑violence offenses.
First sentence: Sponsor Delegate Alethia McCaskill framed the legislation as a public‑safety measure that would allow prospective intimate partners to check whether someone has been convicted multiple times for domestic abuse and said some states already publish similar registries.
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