Committee advances bill to standardize batterer-intervention programs and tie completion to probation when local programs exist
Senator Taylor's bill would require certified batterer-intervention programs to be available statewide and, where a certified program exists in a county, judges giving probation must direct participation and completion. Witnesses cited reduced recidivism in pilot sites; senators raised access, cost and scope concerns before advancing the bill to finance.
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Senator Taylor presented legislation to create statewide standards for certified batterer-intervention programs and to require completion as a condition of probation where a certified program is available in the defendant's county.
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