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SF 551 Senate Long Description

E Relating to domestic abuse; modifying personal service requirements for ex parte orders for protection and authorizing and providing for short form notification in lieu of personal service for protection orders; defining no contact order, imposing a penalty and requiring peace officer arrest without warrant for violation under certain conditions, peace officer civil liability immunity provision; expanding the crime of first degree murder relating to domestic abuse to other family or household members; providing enhanced penalties under the crimes of fifth degree and domestic assault for previous malicious child punishment convictions and delinquency adjudications or for violation of similar laws of other states; modifying a certain probation condition for certain sex offenders; increasing certain penalties and the cash bail requirement under the crime of malicious child punishment; changing the term domestic assault to domestic abuse under a certain provision providing for the pretrial disposition of issues; providing for evidence of similar prior conduct in domestic abuse cases (mk, ja)