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Committee advances revisions to prosecuting‑attorney oversight; limits search‑warrant authority, grants narrow subpoena power and adds likeness‑rights language
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee advanced Senate Bill 218 with broad deletions and amendments that move prosecutorial qualification duties, give limited subpoena power with penalties for misuse, remove search‑warrant authority, and accept language from HB 566 on voice and visual likeness liability.
Senate Bill 218 was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee after the sponsor announced a series of deletions and amendments that significantly narrowed the bill and added language from House Bill 566 on voice and visual likeness liability.
“...prosecutorial qualification moving it over to AOC from PAC,” the sponsor summarized, describing the primary change as an administrative transfer of responsibilities and citing cost savings and the potential to provide subpoena power to the receiving office. The sponsor said the original request for search‑warrant authority had been struck from the bill.
The committee…
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