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House passes H 27 to expand abuse prevention orders to include coercive controlling behavior
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The House passed H 27 on third reading to expand the definition of abuse to include coercive controlling behavior, aiming to give earlier legal tools to people attempting to escape abusive relationships; the roll-call vote was 106–31.
The Vermont House passed H 27 on third reading, an act to expand abuse prevention orders to cover coercive controlling behavior, after a roll-call vote that the clerk recorded as 106 in favor and 31 opposed. The bill’s supporters said the change will help identify and address patterns of nonphysical abuse that often precede physical violence.
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