The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 289, authored by Sen. Arnold and Sen. Steele, on confidential victim services requests. This bill permits, for purposes of the public records law, a law enforcement agency to share certain information with a crime victim advocate without the agency losing the discretion to keep this information confidential from other persons requesting records. Representatives from the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, the Hoosier State Press Association, and the Sheriff of St. Joseph County testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 9-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/289.