AB216Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 14-181)
Introduced by Melissa Hardy, District 22
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
(No further action taken.)
June 3, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
Prefiled.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Read first time.
To printer.
From printer. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 224.)
Taken from General File.
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
(No further action taken.)
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