Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [HB-803]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.
HB-803: Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation [SB-477]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Modifying the categories of offenses for which a police officer is required to charge by citation; repealing a provision of law authorizing a police officer to charge by citation for specified offenses; and modifying the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation; etc.
SB-477: Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation [HB-408]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Modifying the circumstances under which a police officer is required to charge by citation; modifying the categories of offenses for which a police officer is authorized to charge by citation; and modifying the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation to include a defendant subject to arrest for another alleged misdemeanor involving serious injury or immediate health risk, an alleged felony related to the same incident, or an open warrant.
HB-408: Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/10/2017