SB 877 Summary

• Amends the William Van Regenmorter Crime Victim's Rights Act to require prosecutors to provide victims with written notice within 7 days of defendant's arraignment, including procedural steps, victim rights, crime victim compensation eligibility, and threat procedures.

• Requires victims who wish to exercise rights to keep the prosecutor, law enforcement, and relevant agencies (corrections, juvenile services, hospitals) informed of their current address, email, text address, and telephone number.

• Expands victim privacy protections by making victim contact information (name, address, phone numbers, email, text address) confidential and exempt from public records disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, with limited exceptions for crime location identification.

• Establishes that courts must provide separate waiting areas for victims away from defendants, defendants' supporters, and defense witnesses, or implement alternative safeguards to minimize contact during court proceedings.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment, contingent upon passage of Senate Bills 873, 874, 875, and 876, plus two additional bills to be identified.