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HCONRES 20 103th Congress House Law Crime and Law Enforcement Evidence (Law) Expert witnesses Family violence State courts Wife abuse

Expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case.

Introduced: January 21, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
Feb 10, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
Jan 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in House
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Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case to assist the trier of fact in understanding the defendant in a domestic relationship in which abuse has occurred; (2) a witness should be qualified and permitted to testify as an expert witness in the form of an opinion; and (3) a domestic relationship about which such expert testimony should be admissible includes relationships between present or former spouses, cohabitants, and partners or between persons who are or have been in a dating courtship or intimate relationship.

What's happening now February 10, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 4, 1994
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 10, 1993
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 28, 1993
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 27, 1993
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 28, 1993
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 29, 1993
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 9, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 20: Expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-20/
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"H. Con. Res. 20: Expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-20/.
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H. Con. Res. 20, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-20/.
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[H. Con. Res. 20: Expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-20/)
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