SB 117-RECORDED STATEMENTS OF CHILD VICTIMS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:38:35 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  HUGGINS  moved  Version  \Y  as  the  working  document.                                                               
Hearing no objections, the motion carried.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRENCH informed  the committee he carried SB  117 over in                                                               
order to allow the public an opportunity to testify.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEEKINS asked  Senator French to outline the  changes to SB                                                               
117.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  FRENCH informed  Page  2 line  9,  subparagraph (H)  was                                                               
changed to read, "the court has  had an opportunity to review the                                                               
recording", which makes  it less burdensome but does  not make it                                                               
mandatory for the court to watch the recording at the time.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:40:01 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR HUGGINS  asked Senator French  what the  word "available"                                                               
means in terms of the victim in the courtroom.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRENCH responded  the victim would not have  to be inside                                                               
the courtroom but available in the building.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:42:00 AM                                                                                                                    
MS.  MICHELLE  PETTIJOHN,  social worker,  Office  of  Children's                                                               
Services, testified in  support of SB 117. She said  she has been                                                               
trained  to  perform  forensic interviews  at  advocacy  centers.                                                               
Forensic  interviews  should  be   admissible  in  court  because                                                               
children should only have to state their story one time.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:45:51 AM                                                                                                                    
MS. ROSEMARY  HAGEVIG, Catholic  Community Services  testified in                                                               
support of SB 117.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEEKINS  moved  SB  117  from  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations  and   accompanying  fiscal  notes.   Hearing  no                                                               
objections, the motion carried.