SB1653 Summary

• Authorizes courts to issue lifetime injunctions prohibiting contact between defendants convicted of dangerous, serious, violent, or aggravated felonies and their victims upon request of the victim or prosecutor at sentencing.

• Allows victims of crimes committed before this law's effective date to petition the court for a lifetime injunction against defendants previously sentenced for qualifying offenses.

• Lifetime injunctions remain valid for the defendant's natural lifetime unless the victim dies, the conviction is overturned, or the victim requests early termination.

• Requires the court to register lifetime injunctions with the national crime information system and notify victims of the injunctions.

• Amends harassment injunction provisions to clarify that service fees are waived for petitions arising from sexual violence and removes references to dating relationships in fee waiver language.