Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Committee Votes topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Votes at a glance: Senate Judiciary Committee actions (May 20, 2025 meeting)

5724021 · March 19, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Summary of committee outcomes on bills heard May 20, 2025: committee recommended do-pass on multiple bills, many as amended; recorded roll-call tallies were not printed in the transcript for several items.

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a slate of bills on May 20, 2025. This "votes at a glance" summary lists each bill discussed in the hearing and the committee's recorded outcome in that session. Where the transcript did not record a roll-call tally, "not specified" is noted and committee staff records should be consulted for official roll-call totals.

- House Bill 244 (raise minimum age of magistrate judges to 28): Committee action — do pass (motion adopted by voice). (Transcript reference: bill introduced and a "do pass" motion recorded; roll-call not specified.)

- House Bill 117 (allow physician assistants to pronounce death under certain rules): Committee action — do pass (motion adopted by voice). (Transcript reference: sponsor presentation and do-pass motion.)

- House Bill 87 (criminal sexual contact definition/UJI language): Committee action — do pass as amended (UJI intent language added and clothed victims included). (Transcript reference: amendment adopted and do-pass motion.)

- House Bill 203 (CYFD device backup & retention): Committee action — do pass as amended (amendments removed immediate-termination language; added 'shall not erase' and seven-year backup retention). (Transcript reference: amendments adopted; do-pass motion.)

- House Bill 102 (homicide by vehicle / good-time statutory fix): Committee action — do pass (motion adopted; transcript shows sponsor explanation and do-pass). (Transcript reference: sponsor presentation; do-pass.)

- House Bill 246 / 255 (juvenile funding & sentencing; originally HB255): Committee action — do pass as amended (committee struck the stipend pilot section and amended sentencing/grant-priority language). (Transcript reference: lengthy hearing and amendment adoption.)

- House Bill 24 (Community Governance Attorney Program amendments): Committee action — do pass (motion adopted without recorded opposition). (Transcript reference: sponsor and expert testimony; do-pass motion.)

- House Bill 6 (industrial revenue bond prevailing wage): Committee action — do pass (motion adopted; senators discussed effective date and administration). (Transcript reference: sponsor testimony and due-pass motion.)

- House Bill 346 (hemp / synthetic cannabinoids): Committee action — do pass as amended (committee adopted amendment preserving manufacturing intermediate use while banning intoxicating semi-synthetic retail sales). (Transcript reference: amendment 0.5.1 adopted after reconsideration; do-pass as amended.)

- House Bill 243 (Interstate Medical Licensure Compact): Committee action — do pass as amended (substantial amendments adopted to narrow compact rulemaking, confidentiality/subpoena language and dispute resolution; sponsors accepted many changes). (Transcript reference: extensive debate and amendment package adopted.)

Note on votes: the hearing transcript records that amendments were adopted and that do-pass or do-pass-as-amended motions were approved; explicit roll-call tallies were not printed verbatim for each measure within the transcript excerpt. Committee clerks will supply formal roll-call numbers in the committee report and the legislative record.