Amendment H-8345 to HF 2704
Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights
Ruled out of order · April 13, 2026
Filed April 9, 2026 in the House by
In plain words
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that victim counselors and crime victim centers cannot be held legally responsible if they choose to share or not share information regarding an immediate risk of serious injury or death. It also adds a provision to set specific effective dates for parts of the act.1
What it changes
- Page 2, by striking lines 23 through
- Page 2, by striking lines 34 and 35 and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 915.20A, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections:”
- Page 3, after line 6 by inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
- Any victim counselor or crime victim center participating in good faith in the disclosing or not disclosing of information reasonably related to a clear, imminent risk of serious physical injury or death of the victim or another person shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, arising out of a disclosure or nondisclosure under this section. The good faith of the victim counselor or crime victim center shall be presumed.”
- Page 12, after line 19 by inserting: “Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes effect July 1,
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- Title page, line 4, after “rights” by inserting “, and providing effective date provisions”
- By renumbering as necessary.