HB 2445 Summary

• Elevates violation of court orders to a class 5 felony when the violation involves circumstances listed in the domestic violence statute, including infliction of physical injury or use of deadly weapons.

• Clarifies that persons violating pretrial release conditions imposed for victim protection in domestic violence cases may be prosecuted under the interfering with judicial proceedings statute.

• Adds language to domestic violence orders of protection warning defendants that violation constitutes the crime of interfering with judicial proceedings and subjects violators to arrest and prosecution.

• Allows prosecution under interfering with judicial proceedings statute for violations of parenting time or visitation orders that pose a reasonable risk of harm to children under age fifteen.