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ChampionedPublic safety / domestic violence

Continue advocating for domestic-violence and sexual-assault survivors in Alaska and build on prior legislative progress.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 95%

All four cited sources were fetched and verified. (1) The Sullivan Senate press release confirms the House passed S. 3115 (POWER 2.0 Act) on Dec 1, 2022 to make the Sullivan-Shaheen POWER Act permanent; the quote "The key is letting attorneys know about the significant need that exists and how they can help. This was the motivation behind my 2018 POWER Act." appears verbatim. (2) The Senate press release confirms unanimous Senate passage on Aug 19, 2022; the quote about survivors having "less of a chance of securing a protective order" appears verbatim. (3) The White House archive confirms President Biden signed S. 3115 into law on Dec 20, 2022, with the bill explicitly listed. (4) The Sullivan-Padilla release confirms introduction of S. 3124 (Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act) on Oct 26, 2023, framed as a pillar of his Choose Respect initiative; the quote "When survivors have a lawyer, their ability to break out of the cycle of violence increases dramatically." appears verbatim. Sullivan authored and led (not merely voted for) legislation that made his own prior POWER Act permanent — an enacted outcome that literally builds on prior legislative progress — and continued with follow-on legislation. This meets the CHAMPIONED bar (drove the legislation) rather than merely FULL. Sources are PRIMARY outcome records of introduction/passage/enactment, not restatements of the promise. Applying the same adversarial bar to either party, the rating is upheld.

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