With the Supreme Court's hearing the Robertson v. U.S. ex rel. Watson domestic violence case Wednesday, the timing on this is interesting.
Prospects for Kentucky legislation aimed at keeping track of domestic abusers using ankle monitors have improved considerably after discussions between two key lawmakers, an Associated Press article on NKy.com reported yesterday.
House Bill 1 would amend statutes relating to domestic violence definitions to define "global positioning monitoring system" and permit a court to restrain a respondent from going to or near specified locations. It would also "create new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to permit the petitioner in a domestic violence order case to inform the court of places the petitioner does not want the respondent to go into or near; require the court to assess the respondent's dangerousness; permit the court, as part of a domestic violence order, to order a respondent to wear or carry global monitoring system device and permit a petitioner to carry a device notifying the petitioner that the respondent is nearby; require the court to notify the petitioner of the operation and limitations of global positioning monitoring system devices, and provide a penalty for removing or tampering with the device; it would also create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require the Department of Corrections to contract with entities providing global positioning system monitoring services to provide services meeting the requirements of the statutes…."
The bill is being called "Amanda's law," in remembrance of Amanda Ross who was shot to death last year, presumably by her former boyfriend. The Lexington Herald-Leader has more.
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