Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
Summary
Protective orders; issuance upon convictionsfor certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue aprotective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offenseof (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide, (iii) kidnapping,(iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminalsexual assault. The bill provides that the duration of such protectiveorder can be for any period of time, including up to the lifetimeof the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may only prohibit (a) acts of familyabuse or of violence, force, or threat against the victim or criminaloffenses that may result in injury to the person or property of thevictim and (b) such contacts by the defendant with the victim asthe court deems necessary for the health or safety of the victim.The bill provides that a violation of a protective order issued uponconviction of one of the enumerated offenses is punishable as a Class1 misdemeanor.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
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Committee
3
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 26, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102688D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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