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Senate committee hears emotional testimony for bill to expand victims' rights and VCCO eligibility for crash victims
Summary
Senate Bill 4342, discussed in committee, would expand Victims of Crime Compensation Office eligibility and create a traffic crash victims bill of rights after witnesses recounted being excluded from investigations and proceedings and urged statutory clarity on qualifying offenses.
Senate Bill 4342 was presented to the committee as a discussion-only item that would make certain victims of motor-vehicle crashes eligible for compensation from the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) and establish a traffic crash victims bill of rights.
Sangeetha Badlani, founder of the Nikhil Badlani Foundation and Families for Safe Streets, told the committee she lost her son in a traffic crash and described being shut out of investigative processes and…
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