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2020 SESSION
SB 550 Dating relationship abuse; penalty.
Introduced by: John J. Bell | Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Dating relationship abuse; penalty. Expands the crime of assault and battery against a family or household member to include persons in a dating relationship, as defined in the bill. The bill also expands the class of persons who are eligible to obtain a protective order in cases of family abuse to include persons who are in a dating relationship and who have been subjected to dating relationship abuse, also defined in the bill.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101071D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/20 Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 02/03/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)