HB 1181: Domestic violence perpetratr

Summary

• $ Mandates that domestic violence perpetrator treatment programs approved by the Department of Social and Health Services include education regarding the effects of domestic violence on children if either the perpetrator or the victim has a minor child.
• $ Clarifies that the batterers' treatment that may be ordered by the court in response to a petition for an order for protection is a domestic violence perpetrator treatment program approved by the Department of Social and Health Services.
• $ Allows the court to order an offender to participate in a domestic violence perpetrator program as part of the offender's term of community supervision if the offender has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence and the offender or the victim has a minor child.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 1181), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗