TOPEKA, Kan. – On Monday, March 15th at 9:30 p.m. (State Capitol Rm 548-S) members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony about proposed legislation that will assist the criminal justice system in documenting crimes associated with domestic violence and track repeated offenders. 

Curt and Christie Brungardt, parents of the late Jana Mackey, will speak in support of the proposed legislation. Jana Mackey, a 25 year old KU Law student was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in July of 2008. Recently the Brungardts have created Jana’s Campaign to Stop Domestic Violence to encourage and promote a public policy response to domestic violence.

This bill, “Substitute for HB 2517” was originally recommended by the Governor’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, led by former Attorney General Bob Stephan. Last month the Kansas House of Representatives passed the bill 122-0.

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