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Subcommittee flags two newly passed state bills on domestic-violence case coding and SCPO procedures
Summary
Members noted Special Act 26-8 (referred to in discussion as 5313), which creates a uniform case-identification code system for domestic-violence cases, and House Bill 5311, which requires courts to state on the record reasons for not issuing a standing criminal protective order; subcommittee will monitor implementation.
The court-based issues subcommittee used its "other business" slot March 12 to flag two state laws that recently passed and may affect ongoing subcommittee work.
Merritt Loy told members that Special Act 26-8 (discussed in the meeting as bill 5313) requires the development and implementation of uniform statewide case identification codes for…
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