This act reforms legal proceedings pertaining to domestic violence, child abuse, and harassment to allow for greater confidentiality for victims and domestic violence programs. This act upgrades violating a court order to stay away from the victim from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. This act removes a provision which exempts expired no-contact orders issued before a defendant is charged from being entered into the state Criminal Intelligence Information System database. This act reforms some judicial procedures pertaining to no-contact and antiharassment orders. This act directs the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to conduct a study on recidivism and treatment of domestic violence offenders.   Official Text and Analysis.

Makes a number of technical changes relating to, among other things, the confidentiality of name changes, information about domestic violence programs, court procedures, and no-contact orders.

Clarifies that the victim cannot be required to disclose information to the other party, and that the category of information not subject to disclosure is information that has not been previously disclosed.

Removes the section of the bill allowing the court to reissue a previously terminated no-contact order entered in a criminal proceeding involving domestic violence.

Modifies existing laws and adds new sections concerning domestic violence and antiharassment criminal no-contact orders and civil protection orders, confidentiality in court proceedings when domestic violence is involved, and confidentiality and immunity standards for domestic violence fatality review panels.

Eliminates a civil infraction for revealing confidential information about the location of a domestic violence program is eliminated. A court may not require disclosure of previously undisclosed information that might enable discovery of residence, employment, or school information pertaining to a victim of domestic violence or of child abuse in a dissolution case if there has been a finding of domestic violence or child abuse. If there has been an allegation but no finding, the petitioner must be given the opportunity to prove the allegation. This prohibition applies during the period of an initial temporary protection order or after a permanent order has been entered.

Limits the courts authority in a dissolution proceeding to require disclosure of certain information related to victims of domestic violence or child abuse. Makes the release of such protected information a misdemeanor, rather than a civil infraction.

Modifies existing laws and adds new sections concerning domestic violence and antiharassment criminal no-contact orders and civil protection orders, confidentiality in court proceedings when domestic violence is involved, and confidentiality and immunity standards for domestic violence fatality review panels. Orders a study to assess domestic violence perpetrator treatment and recidivism by domestic violence offenders.