House Judiciary advances or refers a batch of bills on wildfire safety, DNA collection, judicial oversight and other measures

The House Committee on Judiciary met Monday, April 17 and took motions to advance multiple bills, moving a mix of measures to the House floor, to the House Committee on Rules, or to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for fiscal review.

Why it matters: committee action on these bills sets their next procedural steps and signals areas the Legislature intends to prioritize this session — including wildfire risk, criminal justice procedures and court administration.

The committee adopted amendments and voted to advance or refer the following measures during the meeting.

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 2306 (dash 6 amendment adopted; moved to the floor with a due-pass recommendation). The bill broadens a Justice of the Peace district boundary to include a county seat in areas served by a circuit court and increases the fee judicial officers or county clerks may accept for solemnizing a marriage from $100 to $200 with CPI adjustment language. Motion to adopt the dash 6 amendment passed; motion to move the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation also passed. (Motion language: "adopt the dash 6 amendment to House Bill 2,306"; "move House Bill 2,306 as amended to the floor with a due pass recommendation.")

- House Bill 3,564 (dash 2 amendment adopted; bill moved to…