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MT HB593
Bill
Status
Failed
5/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bill Mercer
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AI Summary
- County attorneys must request assistance from the Department of Public Health and Human Services to identify alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse or exploitation when the perpetrator is unknown
- County attorney reports to the attorney general must now include the number of cases not prosecuted within 2 years of the initial report, along with the basis for not making a prosecution decision
- Semi-annual county attorney reporting deadline changes from June 1 to July 1 each year
- Attorney general must now report to interim budget committees in addition to the law and justice interim committee, with expanded reporting on defendants charged, convicted, and sentenced using initials rather than full names
- Department of Public Health and Human Services must advise the attorney general when it believes a prosecution should be pursued for sexual abuse or exploitation that has not been charged, summarizing the supporting facts
Legislative Description
Generally revise sexual abuse reporting laws
Criminal Procedure
Last Action
(S) Died in Standing Committee
5/22/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/14/2025
Judiciary2/20/2025
Full Bill Text
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