HB 2863

RELATING TO RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES

By Representative(s) THIELEN / MORITA / AHU ISA / MOSES / FOX / CATALANI / PENDLETON / GOODENOW; Abinsay, Auwae, Case, Espero, Kahikina, Kaho`ohalahala, Lee, Leong, McDermott, Meyer, Schatz, Suzuki, Takai, Takamine, Takumi, Whalen, Yoshinaga

Report Title: Victim Rights

Description: Provides right of victims, surviving immediate family members, and witnesses of crime to receive notice of custodial status of a defendant found unfit to proceed or acquitted on the ground of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect and is committed to a psychiatric facility under the jurisdiction of the department of health.

 1-27-          H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-31-          H Referred to the committees on 1. HLT 2. JHA ,
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