Allows courts to order minors to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment to protect them from trauma.

This bill allows courts to order minors to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment to protect them from trauma. The court must find such measures necessary to protect the minor from trauma. Only specific individuals can be present in the room with the minor during testimony. The court must inform the minor that the defendant will not be present but will view the testimony. The bill also allows victims or witnesses with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment regardless of age.

Allows courts to order minors to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment to protect them from trauma.

This bill allows courts to order minors to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment to protect them from trauma. The court must find such measures necessary to protect the minor from trauma. Only specific individuals can be present in the room with the minor during testimony. The court must inform the minor that the defendant will not be present but will view the testimony. The bill also allows victims or witnesses with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability to testify via two-way closed-circuit equipment regardless of age.