A bill for an act relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights.(Formerly HSB 570.)

This bill expands protections for crime victims by clarifying rules for victim counselors, allowing for longer protective orders in certain cases, and updating sex offender registration requirements. It also changes how sexual assault evidence kits are handled and stored, modifies procedures for determining mental competency in legal proceedings, and reorders restitution payments. Additionally, the bill updates training requirements for sexual assault nurse examiners and expands the definition of a "secondary victim" to include foster parents and custodians.

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