'Gabby Petito Act' filed in Florida Senate to protect domestic violence victims
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A domestic violence bill was filed in the Florida state senate known as the Gabby Petito Act in response to the killing of 22-year-old Gabby Petito in 2021.
The bill proposes a new statewide mandate that would require all law enforcement officers to complete a lethality assessment when investigating domestic violence incidents. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
"We know in different places throughout the country where lethality assessments are used. Even here in our great state, where they're used in pockets, we know that it reduces the incidence of a lethal situation," Book said to FOX 13. "In Maryland, where we've kind of seen a lot of this work being done, it reduces the lethality by 35 to 45 percent." She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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