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Senate advances S.190 to limit child depositions and extend hearsay exception in serious-injury cases
Summary
The Senate adopted the Judiciary Committee report on S.190, amending court rules to limit how often child victims must recount alleged physical abuse involving serious bodily injury, extending certain hearsay exceptions and requiring recorded forensic interviews; the bill was ordered to a third reading.
Senator Mills, the senator from Franklin County and the Judiciary Committee’s reporter, told the Senate that S.190 would reduce the number of times a child victim must recount alleged physical abuse that resulted in serious bodily injury by amending court rules and evidence provisions. “The purpose of S.190 is to limit the number of times a child must recount their experience of physical abuse that resulted in serious bodily injury,” Mills said.
Mills explained that the bill acts through court rules (not statutes), citing the General Assembly’s authority under 12 V.S.A. chapter 1 to amend court procedure. The measure…
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