A CLOSER LOOK
AISHA’S LAW
Here are the provisions of House
Bill 3, known as Aisha’s Law, that is jointly sponsored by Reps. Janine
Boyd, D-Cleveland Heights, and Sara Carruthers, R-Hamilton:
■ Allows law enforcement (with the consent of a domestic violence victim) to request an emergency temporary protection order from a judge anytime the court is not open;
■ Requires the court to issue a temporary emergency protection order if there is probable cause to believe that the victim is in immediate danger based on allegations of recent domestic violence incidents;
■ Expands the offense of domestic violence to include strangulation;
■ An individual is eligible to be charged with aggravated murder if the victim was a prior domestic violence victim at the hand of the alleged perpetrator;
■ Requires high-risk domestic violence victims to be referred to local or regional domestic violence advocacy services;
■ Provides funds for the training of law enforcement to use the newly mandated domestic violence risk assessment tool, which will evaluate both an offender’s risk of re-offending and a victim’s risk of lethal assault;
■ Creates a study committee on the prosecution of domestic violence cases.