Friends,
Yesterday, a bill I introduced passed the House unanimously.
This one is deeply personal.
I grew up in Bethel with Emily Todd. When Emily was murdered in a domestic violence homicide, it shook our entire community. Her family’s life changed forever and so did mine in many ways.
For years, I’ve worked alongside advocates, survivors, and families like Emily’s who have been fighting for accountability and fairness in our system.
What we’ve consistently run into is a frustrating reality:
We don’t always have a clear way to understand how domestic violence cases move through our system, from arrest, to charging, to plea agreements, sentencing, and beyond.
That’s what House Bill 5313 addresses.
It creates a path toward a uniform way to track domestic violence cases across agencies, so we can finally answer basic but critical questions:
Are cases being handled consistently?
Are outcomes fair?
Where are the gaps? |
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