A bill for an act relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights, and including effective date provisions.

Updated the definition of 'victim counselor' to explicitly require certification by a crime victim center and completion of specific training hours on topics like human trafficking and domestic violence.

Reduced the deadline for sex offenders to report changes in residence, employment, or student status from five to three business days.

Changed protective order rules for sexual offense convictions to allow orders to remain in effect for the duration of the criminal court's jurisdiction, potentially extending to the victim's lifetime, rather than a fixed one-year term.

Streamlined the process for obtaining protective orders after a sexual offense conviction by allowing courts to take judicial notice of the conviction facts without requiring the victim to appear in court.

The document layout was converted from a vertical list of words to a standard multi-column page format with section headers and page numbers.

Clarified the definition of 'victim counselor' to explicitly require at least 20 hours of specific training from designated organizations.

Updated the registration deadline for sex offenders from 'five days' to 'five business days'.

Allowed courts to grant protective orders lasting for a victim's lifetime, removing the previous one-year maximum.

Enabled courts to take judicial notice of prior sexual offense convictions, allowing victims to obtain protective orders without appearing in court.

Removed the Governor's signature block and corrected various formatting and OCR errors in the text.

Added the Governor's signature, date (May 06, 2026), and official transmission letter to the Secretary of State, which are required for a bill to become law.

Converted the legislative text from a line-by-line amendment format into a continuous, formatted PDF document layout.

Introduced minor scanning artifacts and character recognition errors (e.g., 'conununi cat ion', 'off er') within the text of the enacted bill.