Domestic abuse; directing law enforcement officers to conduct interviews regarding domestic abuse; codification; effective date.

Summary

The bill directs law‑enforcement investigators to interview close relatives of people who died and had a documented domestic‑abuse history when certain factors are present, and to request full autopsies in those cases. It also mandates current domestic‑abuse training for investigators, gives families access to victim services and the right to obtain investigation records, and amends existing death‑investigation statutes to consider domestic‑abuse factors. The measure aims to improve how deaths involving domestic‑abuse victims are examined.

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