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Committee examines court e‑filing and police risk screening after fatal domestic‑violence failures
Summary
Lawmakers heard bills to require court e‑filing for domestic‑violence petitions and to standardize police use of a validated lethality screening tool (LAP); sponsors said tech and reliable screening would reduce missed red flags like those in the Marisol Fuentes case, while court, DOJ, prosecutors and police raised implementation, discovery, privacy and fiscal issues.
Following testimony about statutory gaps, committee members considered two related proposals aimed at improving system‑level responses: mandatory electronic filing for domestic‑violence and stalking petitions, and broader, standardized use and transmission of police lethality screenings.
Representative Zoey Mannos described a bill to require electronic filing of new domestic‑violence and stalking petitions beginning in October 2026 so judges and bail commissioners across court divisions can see complete case histories and avoid missed red flags like those identified after the murder of Marisol Fuentes…
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