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2014 SESSION
SB 659 Protective orders, preliminary; changes standard for issuing.
Introduced by: Richard H. Black | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Preliminary protective orders. Changes the standard for issuing a preliminary protective order by requiring that the petitioner be subjected to act in furtherance of the violence, force, or threat. The bill also gives the attorney for the Commonwealth standing to participate in a preliminary protective order proceeding at his discretion and makes the proceeding subject to an existing Code provision governing the signing of pleadings.
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HISTORY
- 01/17/14 Senate: Unanimous consent to introduce
- 01/17/14 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 14103236D
- 01/17/14 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/03/14 Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)