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Votes at a glance: committee reports favorably on multiple criminal‑justice bills
Summary
The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice reported favorably on a series of bills during its meeting; this roundup lists each bill taken up in the meeting and the committee's outcome as recorded on the roll calls.
The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice reported favorably on multiple bills during its session. Below are the measures taken up during the meeting and the committee's recorded action.
Votes at a glance (committee action reported favorably unless noted):
- CS for SB 468 (fleeing or attempting to elude law‑enforcement): reported favorably. - CS for SB 1136 (age as an element of a criminal offense; amendment lowered age language from 16 to 14 in the amendment): reported favorably. - CS for SB 1444 (criminal‑justice omnibus addressing vehicle kill switches, AI and sentencing): reported favorably (see separate article). - CS for SB 1782 (dangerous excessive speeding): reported favorably (see separate article). - CS for SB 964 (objective parole guidelines; amendment removed retroactive application to presumptive parolees): reported favorably. - CS for SB 1450 (arrest and detention of individuals with significant medical conditions in nursing homes/assisted living): reported favorably. - CS for SB 612 (murder — closes loophole so minors who distribute illegal fentanyl to victims cannot avoid murder charges in certain circumstances): reported favorably. - CS for SB 1838 (tampering/harassment/retaliation against court officials): reported favorably (see separate article). - SB 776 (adds aggravating factor for assassination of a head of state in capital cases): reported favorably. - CS for SB 716 (mandatory minimums for certain sex offenses by previously convicted registrants/predators): reported favorably. - CS for SB 1804 (capital trafficking of a child under 12; capital offense expansion): reported favorably (see separate article). - CS for SB 1604 (corrections; litigation timelines, tracking devices and involuntary treatment criteria): reported favorably (see separate article). - CS for SB 1360 (controlled substances — xylazine scheduling and trafficking enhancements): reported favorably.
Several bills were accompanied by amendments adopted on the floor of the committee; when the transcript indicated a substantive amendment or substitute was adopted, that change is noted above. For bills that generated extended public testimony or scrutiny — notably CS for SB 1444, CS for SB 1804, CS for SB 1604, CS for SB 1838 and SB 1782 — see dedicated articles for details and stakeholder input.
All measures listed above were reported out of committee with the committee chair announcing that each was "reported favorably," per the roll calls recorded in the meeting transcript. Individual roll‑call tallies and member votes are recorded in the official committee minutes and the committee's roll‑call record.
