Chair, I appreciate the indulgence of all of the parties, and especially your indulgence, Chair, on getting us to try to improve what was an important amendment.
We've gone back and worked with officials, with the legislative drafter, to come up with a new version that incorporates what Ms. May had in PV-1. We have put the spirit of her amendment into this new LIB-1.
Probably one of the important changes that you'll notice is the reference to peace bond. That specific peace bond that was previously in this amendment was removed, and it is replaced by new proposed paragraph (d):
is or was previously prohibited by an order - made in the interests of the safety and security of any person - from communicating with an identified person or from being at a specified place or within a specified distance of that place;
That has actually broadened it. By putting in a very specific peace bond, I was perhaps limiting what would be considered in the background checks. By broadening it more, we are able to include other things that should be considered, like other peace bonds, like restraining orders. I'm wondering if officials could maybe comment on that.
Then, paragraph (e) incorporates the spirit of Ms. May's amendment.