Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF0619

E Relating to crime; expanding certain bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA)
identification data collection requirements to disorderly conduct; expanding the
definition of domestic abuse to criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree,
interference with an emergency call or harassment; exempting petitions for
orders for protection from residency requirements; modifying and clarifying the
provision imposing penalties for violation of orders for protection; specifying
standards for domestic abuse programs and educational programs for offenders or
abusing parties; requiring the court to order offender participation in and
successful completion of a counseling or educational program as a condition of
probation or stayed sentence under certain conditions, authorizing the court to
order abusing parties to participate in and complete a counseling or educational
program and requiring chemically dependent offenders or abusing parties to
complete chemical dependency treatment before beginning a counseling or
education program; specifying certain program and fee requirements, requiring
and providing for the release of certain information to the victim and certain
others, providing for notice to and privacy of victims; requiring offender or
abusing party completion of a domestic abuse counseling or educational program
before referral to marriage or couples counseling; requiring and providing for
counselor or facilitator reports of program completion to the court and
probation or corrections officers; defining qualified domestic violence related
offense under the criminal code and expanding the application of certain
criminal penalties for assault in the fifth degree, domestic assault and
harassment and stalking crimes to the offenses; expanding the provision
providing for bail in cases of domestic abuse or harassment to violations of
protection or no contact orders and requiring additional findings before
pretrial release of defendants accused of the crimes(ra, ja)