AL HB389

Expands the definition of "domestic violence victim" to include children of household members who live in or visit the defendant's household, and adds detailed definitions for terms like strangulation, suffocation, and dating relationship.

Establishes a mandatory 24-hour holding period before defendants arrested for domestic violence offenses can be released on bond, with required bond conditions including no-contact orders and firearm prohibitions.

Creates mandatory minimum sentences for domestic violence offenses: 30 days for third-degree domestic violence committed in the presence of a child or while violating a protection order, 10 days for second convictions, and doubled minimum sentences when offenses occur in the presence of a child.

Prohibits law enforcement, prosecutors, or court officials from requiring domestic violence or sexual assault victims to submit to polygraph examinations as a condition of investigating offenses, and makes any refusal to take such tests inadmissible in court.

Expands electronic stalking laws to include placing tracking devices on a person indirectly or through a third party, and requires law enforcement agencies to report and maintain records of all domestic violence incidents, including those not resulting in arrest.