Domestic violence victim confidentiality law signed by Whitmer
Anna Liz Nichols
Lansing – Michigan survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families will have an added level of privacy through a confidentiality measure signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The act, which had bipartisan support, allows victims of crimes and their children to apply for identification numbers and substitute addresses with assigned post boxes for the state to mail state documents and items such as driver’s licenses. Those who apply to be a part of the program will be sent new state ID cards with a state post office box listed so participants’ residential addresses are not listed.