H0269

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence

Introduced·10/28/25

Establishes the Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Act to create a coordinating council within the Department of Law Enforcement to support.

The bill creates the Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Act, establishing a coordinating council within the Department of Law Enforcement. The council's duties include developing a dynamic website for real-time data sharing with law enforcement, providing a unique telephone number for users to call 911, and automatically transmitting data to law enforcement when a user calls their number using a personalized code. The council also coordinates with local law enforcement to develop a training program and meets quarterly to review data and identify trends.

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Where it stands

Current
In committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

19 Yea

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0 Nay

3 Absent

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Calendar

Feb 26

8:30 AM

House Judiciary Committee Hearing

Feb 24

8:30 AM

House State Affairs Committee Hearing

History

Mar 10

House

Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 296

Feb 26

House

Favorable by Judiciary Committee

Feb 26

House

Reported out of Judiciary Committee