I participated with my colleagues at a press conference on February 9 announcing the release of the Attorney General’s Domestic Violence Task Force report.
After a series of hearings throughout the state last fall, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is recommending a dozen changes to Missouri law and enforcement practices to better protect domestic violence victims, including making legal terms consistent across all of the state’s statutes.
“Those statute changes will affect real women’s lives throughout the state,” I was quoted in the Columbia Missourian.
The next step is legislation containing the suggested changes which will be filed in both the House and Senate. I will be re-filing my own bill shortly which will help save lives due to domestic violence and sexual assault.