This bill amends provisions related to public safety.
This bill:
- modifies the venue for a criminal action;
- clarifies the definition of cohabitant for the battered person mitigation statute;
- defines and modifies terms related to domestic violence, including expanding the definition of a domestic violence offense;
- addresses the right to bail for a domestic violence offense;
- clarifies a term regarding a predominant aggressor when a law enforcement officer is responding to multiple incidents of domestic violence;
- clarifies and amends definitions for protective order statutes, including the definition of cohabitant;
- amends the requirements for a workplace violence protective order;
- provides that a jail release agreement may not prohibit an individual arrested or cited for the commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child from communicating with a minor child in certain circumstances;
- prohibits a parent from waiving the conditions of a jail release agreement when the minor child is the alleged victim and the parent was arrested or cited for the qualifying offense;
- makes technical and conforming changes;
- includes a coordination clause to modify a definition if this bill and H.B. 221, Coercion Amendments, both pass and become law; and
- includes a coordination clause to modify a definition if this bill and H.B. 90, Sexual Offenses Amendments, both pass and become law.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 76-1-202, 76-1-402, 76-2-409, 77-20-102, 77-20-201, 77-20-204, 77-36-1, 77-36-2.2, 78B-7-102, 78B-7-801, 78B-7-802
Substitute #1: 76-1-202, 76-1-402, 76-2-409, 77-20-102, 77-20-201, 77-20-204, 77-36-1, 77-36-2.2, 78B-7-102, 78B-7-801, 78B-7-802, 78B-7-1101, 78B-7-1103, 78B-7-1105, 78B-7-1109
Substitute #2: 76-1-202, 76-1-402, 76-2-409, 77-20-102, 77-20-201, 77-20-204, 77-36-1, 77-36-2.2, 78B-7-102, 78B-7-801, 78B-7-802, 78B-7-1101, 78B-7-1103, 78B-7-1105, 78B-7-1109