Senate Bill 46 "An Act relating to stalking and to violating a protective order; and amending Rules 4 and 65, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration."
Click for PDF: http://www.akdemocrats.org/sponsor/SB046_ss_sen_guess.pdfThis legislation closes a dangerous loophole in the Alaska statutes by allowing victims of stalking, unacquainted with their stalkers, to obtain the security of a judicial protective order. Currently, the law provides protection to those in domestic situations and minor children, but does not provide the victims of strangers equal protection under the law. SB 46 allows the victims of stalking to seek and obtain a protective order in cases of stalking that are not crimes involving domestic violence. This bill streamlines the process for public safety and judicial practitioners by mirroring the arrest and notification procedures to those already in place for domestic violence situations. The bill adds the crime of violation of a child protective order and of a violation of stalking protective order; these changes also reflect existing practitioner procedures.