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Committee adopts substitute clarifying CASA volunteer duties and restricting access to certain records
Summary
Senators adopted a negotiated substitute to SP296 that narrows CASA volunteer duties to minimum tasks, preserves judicial discretion to appoint volunteers, and explicitly excludes prosecutorial, law‑enforcement and forensic interview recordings from volunteer access.
Senator Baroot introduced SP296 and asked Bob Maddox of the Alabama CASA Network and the Administrative Office of Courts to explain a substitute negotiated with prosecutors, the Department of Human Resources and children's advocacy centers. Maddox said the substitute narrows volunteer duties to minimum tasks, maintains judicial discretion over appointment and…
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