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Survivors and law enforcement back bill to allow victim-notified electronic monitoring; committee asks about vendor immunity and technical details
Summary
HB 2479 would permit magistrates to consider electronic monitoring with victim notification for certain domestic-violence-related charges, including exclusion zones and alerts that can trigger arrest. Proponents — law enforcement, survivors and victim advocates — said the technology can save lives; committee members pressed sponsors on immunity language limiting vendor liability and on real-time notification capabilities.
The House Judiciary Committee also heard House Bill 2479, which would authorize magistrates to consider ordering a special form of electronic monitoring with real-time victim notification for people charged with domestic violence, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order.
Jason Thompson, the committee adviser, described the proposal as a narrowly tailored tool: the monitoring can enforce exclusionary zones, provide alerts to victims and law enforcement when a boundary is breached, and in the bill’s current draft an alert would be probable cause for arrest. Thompson said magistrates would consider factors such as prior violence, access to weapons, threats of suicide or homicide, mental illness and substance use when deciding whether to impose the monitoring as a condition of release. The bill also…
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