2906-S AMH HAYE WICK 228

SHB 2906 - H AMD TO H AMD (H4399.1/16) 719

By Representative Hayes

ADOPTED 02/15/2016

    On page 10, beginning on line 8 of the striking amendment, after "grandparent." insert "In determining whether to file the information as a domestic violence offense, the prosecuting agency may take into consideration whether the victim of the offense requests that the information not be filed as a domestic violence offense or does not object to an information not being filed as a domestic violence offense."

EFFECT:   Specifies that prosecuting agencies, in determining whether to file an information as a domestic violence offense, may take into consideration whether the victim of the offense requests that the information not be filed as a domestic violence offense or does not object to that action.

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