1125-S2 AMH DAVI PATT 322

2SHB 1125 - H AMD 813

By Representative Davis

On page 3, after line 37, insert the following:

"(3) A judicial officer may not review a petition or preside over a hearing to consider the petition under this section unless the judicial officer has participated in a 20-hour training course to deepen their understanding of the experience of victims of crime. The training must include hearing the lived experience of survivors of serious violent offenses, and address the following topics:

(a) Victims’ rights laws;

(b) The experience of the criminal justice system from the perspective of a victim during the life of a case;

(c) The impacts of domestic violence, sexual assault, and traumatic loss; and

(d) The unique grief associated with death by homicide."

Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

On page 17, after line 7, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. If section 3(3) of this act is removed or modified by the governor's partial veto, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, then the entire act shall be null and void and of no force or effect."

Renumber the remaining section consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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