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Perry signs dating violence law

04:21 PM CDT on Thursday, July 19, 2007

From KHOU.com Staff Reports

It is official; Governor Rick Perry signed a new law on Thursday.

AP

It states that law enforcement officials do not have a warrant to arrest someone suspected of dating violence.

Dating violence is now in the same category as family violence of which the second offense is a felony which carries stiffer penalties.

 

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