Senate Bill 480 Summary

• Allows courts to terminate parental rights based on clear and convincing evidence that a parent committed a sexually related offense resulting in the child's conception, with the parent losing all custody and inheritance rights to any child born from that offense.

• Establishes a privileged communication protection for victim assistance center agents (employees and trained volunteers completing 30+ hours of training) when providing services to homicide victims and their families, with limited court-ordered disclosure exceptions.

• Expands tenant protections to include victims of attempted homicide and household members of homicide victims where the rental premises was the crime location, allowing them to terminate leases with 30 days' notice and protecting them from landlord retaliation.

• Clarifies that evidence of homicide, attempted homicide, or domestic violence can include law enforcement records, court documents, federal agency files, or documentation from professional programs when establishing tenant protections.

• Authorizes magistrates to hear domestic violence protective order motions for emergency relief ex parte when district court is unavailable for four or more hours, and allows electronic filing and video conference hearings for such proceedings.