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2005 Legislative Session IGR Committee Bill Approval June 13, 2005 Allows person who is victim of person crime to have personal representative accompany person to all phases of investigation and prosecution of crime { + , + } except for grand jury proceeding and certain child abuse assessments { +, unless health care provider, law enforcement agency, protective service worker or court believes personal representative would compromise process. Provides immunity to health care provider, law enforcement agency, protective service worker or court in regard to decision + }. { + Prohibits fact that personal representative was allowed or was not allowed to accompany victim from being used as basis for excluding otherwise admissible evidence. Prohibits fact that victim selected or did not select SB 0198A 3 Support personal representative from being used as evidence. + } 5/12 Requires court, upon request by district attorney, to enter protective order prohibiting copying or disseminating evidence of sexually explicit nature in cases involving sexual offense or offense involving visual recording of child engaged in sexual SB 0199 3 Support conduct. 2/17 SB 0217 3 Neutral Changes term 'deviate sexual intercourse' to 'oral or anal sexual intercourse. ' 2/11 Removes sunset on certain changes to laws governing civil forfeiture. Removes sunset on laws authorizing criminal forfeiture. Declares emergency, effective on SB 0242 3 Neutral passage. 2/17 SB 0246 3 Support Requires that certain public or private officials report suspected animal abuse. 2/17 Amends definitions of 'compensable crime' and 'injury ' for purposes of crime victims' compensation. { + Allows family of victim of custodial interference or SB 0252A 3 Support kidnapping to be compensated for counseling expenses. + } 4/21 Modifies meaning of 'owner' and 'landowner' for purposes of certain annexations of SB 0282 3 Monitor territory. 3~09 Creates { - exception - } { + exceptions + } to prohibition on use of hearsay as evidence. Allows introduction of hearsay statement as evidence if declarant is unavailable as witness and person against whom statement is offered { - engaged or acquiesced in wrongdoing that was intended to cause declarant to be unavailable and did cause declarant to be unavailable - } { + intentionally or knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that directly caused death of declarant or caused declarant to become unavailable because of incapacity or incompetence. Allows introduction of hearsay statement if person against whom statement is offered engaged in, directed or otherwise participated in wrongful conduct intended to cause declarant to be SB 0287A 3 Support unavailable as witness, and did cause declarant to be unavailable + }. 5/05 Page 74