SB494

Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.

Introduced·2/5/26
Introduced Text

Expands stalking definition, mandates domestic violence policies, and allows lifetime protection orders for domestic battery victims.

This bill expands the definition of stalking to include technology-based methods. It requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for assessing primary aggressors in domestic violence cases and mandates prosecutors to affirm such assessments. It prohibits public agencies from charging fees to domestic violence victims for public records. The bill also allows evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in relevant criminal actions.

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History

Feb 6

Senate

Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Feb 5

Senate

Senate Introduced