Dating relationship abuse; penalty.
Summary
Dating relationship abuse; penalty. Expandsthe crime of assault and battery against a family or household memberto include persons in a dating relationship, as defined in the bill. The bill also expands the class of persons who are eligible to obtaina protective order in cases of family abuse to include persons who are in a dating relationship and who have been subjected to datingrelationship abuse, also defined in the bill.
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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Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101071D
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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