Thanks for the question.
You'll notice that this is a change from previous iterations of the bill that my amazing colleague, Mr. Garrison, put forward. I heard from frontline organizations that often the most dangerous time for people leaving these situations is the period when they are attempting to leave and afterwards.
We did go back and forth on how much time to put in and how to put this forward. We heard back from the research that was done around the U.K. bill that leaving out that time is a huge error.
I'm also thinking about my personal experience. It was when my sister was leaving that I was most scared for her life. That was when the violence escalated. We know that, especially for people who share children, there is a longer period of time when you are still entangled with your partner, so we wanted to make sure there was adequate time to cover that most dangerous period.